Zang Ba's decision to retreat was soon discovered by the pursuing Koji Yi.

When he received the news that a moth thief was trying to sneak up on the camp, Koji began to gather his troops and prepare to return to the camp. When he returned to the camp and found that the attacker was actually Zang Ba of the Taixing Army, he immediately made a decision, selected his subordinates who were still full of physical strength, and prepared to pursue, and Zang Ba's troops, who had just withdrawn for less than a day.

"Gutsless rats! There are twice as many troops as our army, and they actually fled like this! Such pickled goods are also worthy of being called 'ten thousand enemies'? ”

The head of the "Nine Sons of the Koji Clan", Koji Yi's cousin Koshi, laughed loudly at the retreat of Zang Babu while roasting the fire.

"Don't say that about Zang Ba. From this point of view, Zang Ba is still a smart person. ”

The fourth of the "Nine Sons of the Koji Family", Hai Chen, the first person with a foreign surname in "Xian Dengyi Cong", commented on Zang Ba like this.

"Big brother, shouldn't you speed up and catch up and beat these thieves hard?"

Among the "Nine Sons of the Koji Clan", Jin Wan, who has the highest martial power, asked with a little excitement.

This Jin play, who was born as an orphan, was adopted by the Koji clan since he was a child, and is considered a figure between the Koji clan and his foreign surname. Because of his simple personality and his dislike of competing for merit, he is quite popular with others.

"Not necessarily."

When asked, Koji Yi took small bites of wheat cakes soaked in hot water, and from time to time took a bite of the jerky that accompanied the meal. Seeing that his subordinates were a little eager to try, he simply stopped eating, wiped the beard of his upper and lower lips with a sweat towel, and said unhurriedly:

"Zang Ba is just one of the eagle dogs under the arrogant men. Even if these thousands of people are wiped out, they will not shake the foundation of arrogance. However, if our army wants to completely annihilate Zang Ba, the price it needs to pay is definitely not small. ”

"Now. The imperial court is investigating the bizarre suicide of the prince [Wang Fen]. As the most trusted general in front of the Maharaja, I had to do something to show my worth. However, these things do not include provoking the unfathomable enemy of arrogance! ”

Hear here. The people in the tent were thoughtful, and understood why Lu Yi had previously taken the initiative to attack the newly emerging Yellow Turban Army, but now in the face of Zang Ba's department, he had reservations.

"Of course, the Zang Ba bandits dared to plan a surprise attack on our army's camp. Our army must take revenge on this revenge. Otherwise, the arrogant guy will not be underestimated by me. And then give birth to covetousness. Remember, this battle is not to eliminate Zang Ba, but to show the arrogant thief and let him know that the elite soldiers of my Koji clan are not easy to mess with! ”

At this point, Koji Yi picked up the plate again. Eating in small bites, the same big pot of rice as other soldiers. These coarse military food. No one will find it delicious. But looking at the way of eating with relish, everyone in the tent felt that Lu Yi was enjoying a good meal.

When Lu Yi finished eating a large plate of dried meat and wheat cakes, the small gathering in the tent came to an end. Lu Yi took the lead in standing up and said to everyone:

"Okay, have a good rest. After all. These days, we have been running for 300 miles in a row, and we have consumed a lot of physical strength. Only when you have a good rest, you can catch up with Zang Ba tomorrow, and let these thieves know the day after tomorrow. Whose territory is this land of Jizhou! ”

After hearing what Lu Yi said, all the people in the tent came out one by one and returned to their tent. Only Lu Yi, with a few personal guards, checked one tent after another to see if his soldiers were all settled. When the whole army has been treated well, as the commander-in-chief, Lu Yi can rest with peace of mind.

Zang Ba's subordinates, although they can be regarded as elite soldiers. But if it is compared with the five hundred people led by Lu Yi, their gap is a little big. Not to mention anything else, just the speed of the march of the game, the Koji Yibu was more than a step ahead. When Zang Ba found out that Lu Yi was pursuing, he was still twenty miles away from Lu Yi. But by the time he set up camp the next day, he had already approached a distance of only ten miles.

Zang Ba has always been proud of his subordinates' ability to run. In this retreat, Zang Ba even ordered that only four days' rations be left, and all other baggage was abandoned. However, such a light trip still couldn't win against Lu Yi, which had to make Zang Ba a little depressed.

You must know that according to the news reported by the scouts, the Koji Department also relied on foot to advance. Although there were three or four hundred horses in the army of the rebels. However, these horses were also used to transport heavy armor during the march of the Koji rebels. The Koji Department has never been known for marching, but it has such a performance, and its elite degree can be seen.

Zang Ba turned his head, glanced at the deputy general Chu Feiyan, and found that Chu Feiyan's face was faintly nervous. The Koji Righteous Army is really prestigious!

- So, let's have a good fight!

Zang Ba, who had made up his mind, stopped and lined up in front of him, preparing to rely on superior forces and have a tough encounter with Lu Yi. After receiving the scout's reward, Lu Yi couldn't help but laugh in his mouth:

"It's kind of a little bold!"

After speaking, Lu Yi turned over and got on his horse and shouted loudly to his subordinates:

"Brothers, today, we are going to teach those bold thieves a lesson, and tell them what is the fate of the tiger's whiskers!"

"No!"

The reply of the five hundred soldiers was short but powerful, especially in unison, and it was neat, like a spring thunder, which exploded on the snowy field.

"Let's go!"

With a vigorous wave of his horse lance, the five hundred soldiers who were stationed in the stall took an unstoppable step forward. The scouts of the Taixing Army, who were snooping in the distance, saw these neat movements at first glance, like a unified formation, and they all felt a chill, rising from the soles of their feet and rushing straight to the top door.

"This, this, this...... That's too neat, right? ”

One of the scouts said to his companion. The companion did not speak for a long time, and at the end of the sentence burst out:

"I'm afraid, it's stronger than Yu Qianchang's subordinates?"

Yu Forbidden Department is the most disciplined and neat team in the Taixing Army, and it is also recognized as the first unit in the Taixing Army. Making this judgment, it can be seen that the scouts have a high evaluation of the military appearance of the Koji Rebellion. The two scouts glanced at each other, and they had reached a tacit understanding about it.

——This battle, I'm afraid it's more than lucky!

The side of the Tai marching army is the defending side, and they can wait for work. And the battlefield chosen by Zang Ba is also very favorable, a small hill on the side of a big road. The Taixing army is deployed in the middle of the mountain, although the terrain is not very favorable, at least it can increase the difficulty of the opponent's attack by one percent.

However, as the Koji rebel army approached in the distance, Zang Ba's face gradually became difficult to see. Not only him, but also the ordinary Taixing sergeant, was even more surprised. These veterans with rich combat experience, just looking at the opponent's marching formation, the cold in their hearts rose vigorously.

Advancing all the way from afar, he has traveled a distance of three or four hundred steps, but the army formation of Koji Yi has not carried out any rectification in the middle!

Even if the team occasionally has a little deformation, the soldiers in the formation can still spontaneously adjust the formation and restore the formation to its integrity!

Such a tacit military formation, the Taixing army present, is completely unheard of!

In contrast, the complete armor, sharp equipment, and strong soldiers of the Koji Institute will all be ignored by onlookers. Next, the battle that took place between the stragglers of the Taixing Army and the front of the Luyi Army completely showed that these Jizhou Prefecture Divisions with strict formations were definitely not fancy, but real elites in a hundred battles!

The front part of the reyi army consisted of a tun with a front width of twenty people and five people in each column. The first thing that these Han troops who served as the vanguard needed to break was the skirmishers of fifty people sent by Zang Ba.

Due to the snow, the battlefield can only be laid out near the main road. Some of the stragglers were armed with bows and crossbows, some were armed with shields, and some were armed with short spears and axes for projection. However, no matter what weapon the skirmishers use, they all have one thing in common: they can run long distances and react quickly.

The stragglers formed an evacuation line, formed a wide front, and took advantage of their mobility to hover seventy or eighty paces from the front of the Koji rebels.

In terms of training and equipment, skirmishers are not suitable for frontal combat. However, they will wander around like a swarm of pesky flies, coldly firing an arrow or a spear to irritate the enemy, thus destroying the rigor of the enemy's formation, depleting the strength of the enemy's soldiers, and lowering the morale of the enemy.

In the face of these pesky skirmishers, the most common countermeasure is to send their own skirmishers to drive them away. If you have a cavalry advantage, you can also have cavalry to drive away these pesky flies.

Of the 500 men brought by Lu Yi, there was a cavalry. However, in the face of the stragglers of the Taixing Army, the Lu Yi Army had no intention of sending cavalry at all.

The speed of the Koji rebels was not slow, and the skirmishers had to run extremely hard in order to maintain a suitable distance. As a result, they fired arrows that lacked both quantity and velocity. Those sporadic stray arrows flew over and posed little threat to the well-armored Koji rebels.

The paratroopers fired no less than 20 arrows, but only one of the soldiers was wounded, causing a small wound. The wounded soldier pulled out the arrow from his arm in pain, still capable of continuing the fight.

Then, by accident, more than a dozen stragglers approached within fifty paces of the Koji rebels.

This flaw can hardly be regarded as a flaw, and it immediately attracted a fierce counterattack from the Koji Righteous Army!

The person who commanded this elite soldier was Haichen, who ranked fourth among the "Nine Sons of the Koji Clan". But listening to Hai Chen's order, the entire army stopped advancing at the same time. Then, the shield bearers in the first row and the spearmen in the second row knelt down on one knee neatly, and their bodies were suddenly much shorter, so that the soldiers in the third row with strong crossbows could fire crossbow arrows smoothly.

Twenty bolts, in groups of five, accurately covered the five stragglers who rushed forward. The stragglers who were caught off guard, in the blink of an eye, there were four dead and one wounded!

However, this is not the end of it. (To be continued......)