At the foot of the towering Taihang Mountain, the two armies set up their positions and began to fight. On one side are the officers and soldiers with bright armor and neat arrays, although they are well-armed, but they suffer in numbers; On one side was the Montenegrin Army, which was disorganized with flags and backward weapons, but it outnumbered its officers and men by five times.

"Arrange your formation, and when the enemy approaches, listen to my orders!" Hao Zhao rode on a white horse, holding a phoenix gun, and commanded calmly.

Under the command of Hao Zhao, the 2,000 officers and soldiers were divided into four phalanxes, and in front of them were 300 sword and shield soldiers, and 300 people lined up in a line, blocking the front with iron shields, and building a protective wall. Behind the sword and shield guards were five hundred archers, all of whom had bent their bows and arrows, ready to fire. The crossbowmen were followed by 500 pikemen, who stabbed through the gaps in their shields when the enemy approached, and 700 swordsmen who were tasked with rushing forward to fight the enemy when they approached.

Although the Montenegrin army had a large number of troops, they did not dare to launch an attack easily when they saw that the officers and soldiers were in good order, and slowly advanced forward. A soldier with 200 men stepped forward to test the situation, but was shot down by a rain of arrows, killing 1780 of them, and the rest fled in confusion.

"Qu Shuai, you can't be a small handful! In this way, it is easier to be shot to death by officers and soldiers, you give the order, the army is swarmed up, there are many of us, rush into the enemy's position, and fight with them hand-to-hand, we will definitely not suffer, I will be the first to charge! "A man riding a black horse, with a bearded face, a black face, a burly body, and a machete, asked Qu Shuai Dahong for his life.

Da Hong rode a red horse, wore a red cloak, was of medium stature, and carried a snake spear in his hand, and said unhurriedly: "What's the hurry, Zhang Pingnan just let us attract the officers and soldiers over, and didn't let us fight hard." Be sure to pay attention to preserving your strength and don't make unnecessary sacrifices! ”

"But, if we don't move, the officers and soldiers won't move either? How can we attract the main force of officers and soldiers? After a long time, Zhang Ping is going to be angry! The bearded man said a little sullenly.

While speaking, the envoy sent by Zhang Yan arrived quickly and scolded: "It is difficult for Zhang Ping to have words to admonish, bold and bold, and dare to be afraid and preserve his strength, so how can he lead the main force of officers and soldiers?" When the arrow arrived, the whole army pressed on it, and pounced on the vanguard of the Yuan army with the momentum of burning jade, and if the enemy's main force did not come out, the enemy's vanguard battalion would be killed! If you cringe any longer, you will be removed from the Montenegrin army, and all departments will attack it together! ”

Zhang Yan had supreme authority in the Montenegrin army, which annoyed him, and the Montenegrin army of more than 100,000 crusaded together, and there was no place for him in this Taihang.

Da Hong glared at the black-faced man just now, and said sharply, "Didn't you shout about charging the battle just now?" Now that Zhang Ping is about to die, you can lead someone to rush forward for me! ”

"Rush to rush, now the whole army is short of food, even if you don't die on the battlefield, you will starve to death!" The black-faced man waved the machete in his hand, clamped his legs on the belly of the black horse under the seat, shouted, and rushed towards the position of the officers and soldiers.

"The whole army charged, rushed into the ranks of officers and soldiers in hand-to-hand combat!"

Da Hong waved his spear in his hand and ordered loudly. With the order of Qu Shuai, more than 10,000 Montenegrin troops shouted in unison and rushed to the position of the officers and soldiers in a disorderly manner. They don't pay attention to formation arrays, they just rely on more people to win.

Seeing that the Black Mountain thieves pressed up, the archers among the officers and soldiers fired arrows in unison, but the number of opponents was huge, and the people who shot down were like waves in the waves, although people kept falling, but they still couldn't stop the Black Mountain thieves from approaching. After dropping more than 300 corpses, the Montenegrin army rushed to a distance of only two or three zhang from the shield soldiers, and shouted in unison, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Hao Zhao still stood in the center of the position on his horse, and waved the spear in his hand: "The archers retreated, the shield soldiers flashed out of the gap, and the pikemen stepped forward to stab the enemy!" ”

With an order, the archers retreated in an orderly manner, and the pikemen who had been waiting behind them stepped forward and stabbed forward through the gap that the shield soldiers flashed, and suddenly with a wail, more than 200 black mountain thieves were stabbed to death by spears in an instant. On the side of the officers and soldiers, more than a dozen of them were also killed by the weapons thrown in by the other side and the random arrows that came in.

"Get out of the way, let me come!"

With a loud shout, a black horse rushed to the front from the crowd, and the machete in his hand slashed hard, cutting off more than a dozen spears from the gap in the shield in an instant. Just when the pikemen's defenses were a little stagnant, the black-faced man had already rushed in front of the shield soldiers.

"Open it for me!"

The black-faced man roared angrily, and the machete in his hand slammed into the shield. The wind is loud and the momentum is terrifying, and the power of this blow is more than a thousand catties!

Hearing only a "bang", the shield and machete made a piercing sound of gold and iron, and with two cries of pain, the two soldiers hiding behind the shield were hit and flew up two or three feet, and fell heavily to the ground, unable to move.

"Tsk...... I can't imagine that there are such warriors among the Black Mountain thieves! Hao Zhao looked surprised, looking at the strength of his blow, I am afraid that he is not an opponent, if it is really a hand-to-hand fight between the two armies, I am afraid it will be a tricky role.

"The whole army obeys the order, besieges and kills this black-faced man, and the beheader will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan and promoted to lieutenant!" Hao Zhao ordered loudly, waved the spear in his hand, and ordered seven hundred swordsmen to rush forward and block the gap that was broken open by the black-faced man.

With Hao Zhao's order, the two sides started hand-to-hand combat between the gaps, and with the earth-shattering shouts of killing, flesh and blood flew sideways, human heads rolled wildly, and hundreds of corpses were already lying on the ground in a moment.

The officers and soldiers are elite, and the big knives in their hands are sharp and heavy, which is very suitable for hand-to-hand combat, so the Black Mountain thieves who broke through suffered very much, and the ratio of casualties on both sides was almost seven to one, and for every officer and soldier who fell, seven Black Mountain thieves died. Although the casualties were extremely large, the Montenegrin army was numerous, and under the urging of Qu Shuai Dahong, it still rushed into the officers and soldiers like moths fighting fires.

As the battle progressed, more than 400 black mountain thieves had fallen from the gap that had been broken open, and more than 60 officers and soldiers had been killed. The black-faced man's mount had been overturned, and he swung his sword and fought on foot. Without the help of the black-faced man, the ratio of casualties between the two sides would likely be a staggering ten to one, or even more.

The black-faced man fought hard in the midst of the officers and soldiers, and from time to time let out a terrifying roar, like a fierce beast surrounded by a pack of hounds, fighting to the death, although he had already stained his robe with blood and suffered four wounds all over his body, he still fought to the death. Fortunately, his wound was only a skin wound and was not fatal, so he continued to fight to the death, and there were already as many as thirty or forty officers and soldiers who died under his knife!

At the insistence of the black-faced man, more and more black mountain thieves rushed into the gap, and under the supervision of Qu Shuai Dahong, they continued to enter the strangulation field, and gradually gained the upper hand in numbers.

Witnessing this scene, Hao Zhao was a little anxious, even if he could kill this wave of siege by the Black Mountain thieves, it would be a bitter battle to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, Yuan Gongzi handed over this team to himself, in order to fight the world, how could he not leave Jizhou yet, and all the casualties would be lost?

It's just that Hao Zhao also understands that a strangulation situation has been formed at present, and the side that retreats first will suffer a loss, forming a situation of defeat like a mountain, and the consequences are unimaginable, if the team loses its fighting spirit and is defeated by the enemy, it is not impossible for the whole army to be annihilated.

"That's it, the soldier dies for his confidant, and I will fight to the death for Yuan Gongzi today! More than a thousand Black Mountain thieves have been killed, and even if more than a thousand people are killed, they will send this thief to hell! ”

Hao Zhao shouted, turned over and dismounted, carried a spear, and personally joined the battle group to stop the steady stream of Black Mountain thieves who rushed into the position.