The Zhenyuan guard looked at the Naben Longxiao army that was going around the city, and ordered his subordinates to burn three piles of beacon fires on the city, warning Wang Qinian's department in Shahe Town that lighting beacon fires represented the enemy, and each pile represented 10,000 enemy troops.

Looking at the enemy cavalry rolling away, Hong Haifeng asked with some concern: "General Wei, Shahe Town is now empty, the cavalry has poured out, and only General Wang's less than 20,000 foot soldiers are left, can you withstand the dragon roar of Naben?" Looking at Long Xiao's military appearance, it is really much stronger than Su Shun's Zhenglan Banner, whether it is equipment or morale. ”

Wei Xin stroked the long beard under his chin and said with a smile: "If it was someone else, I really wouldn't dare to say it, but General Wang Qinian is there, I dare to say that Naben will definitely not be able to please him." Don't forget, General Wang can be regarded as the best at foot riding in the Dingzhou army, besides, Na Ben is here, seeking is a fast word, if you can't beat the defense line of Shahe Town in a short time, Li Dashuai will return to Shahe Town, Na Ben will be in danger of being wrapped in dumplings, and he will be able to win this war, you see, at most two days, we can see Na Ben come back with a disgraced face. ”

Soon after the Naben cavalry entered Yi'an, it sent out that something was wrong, although there were many cottages along the way, but not to mention people, even dogs could not see one, empty, into the house, except for some heavy furniture still left in the room, nothing was pulled down, only a few bare walls remained, in Yi'an County broke into dozens of miles, the scene seen, generally the same. There are nearly 100,000 dingkou in the entire Yi'an County, but there is not a single one left, and all of them are clean.

Hu Sha'an worriedly said to Naben: "Second Prince, Dingzhou implements a strong wall and clears the wilderness, so that we can't find a single grain in the enemy's territory, and the logistics baggage completely depends on the rear supply, and we can't beat the three fortresses, the logistics supply will be completely exposed under the nose of the other party, and it is impossible to attack the interior of Dingzhou on a large scale. ”

Naben gritted his teeth and said: "Li Qing's implementation of the strong wall and clearing the wilderness is a double-edged sword, the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Dingkou in the three counties, the daily cost is not a small amount, hum, drag us, I think he will be the one who will be dragged down in the end." ”

Hu Sha'an said: "The second prince, Da Chu is rich, we can't compare, I heard that the emperor of Da Chu gave Li Qing a lot of support, the last time Li Qingbai was defeated in mountaineering, the elite cavalry was lost, I heard that it was the emperor who ordered several states adjacent to Dingzhou to produce thousands of war horses, so that Li Qing quickly rebuilt the Changsheng camp and the whirlwind camp. If Li Qing's financial resources are enough to support his grand strategy, then we really have no good way. ”

Naben was silent for a moment, and then pointed his whip forward, "In any case, in the end, we have to rely on swords and arrows to speak, Hu Sha'an, if we can take Shahe Town and tear a hole in the defense line of Dingzhou, then all of this will no longer be a problem." Well, have you figured out all the defenses of Sand River? ”

Hu Sha'an nodded, "It's all scouted clearly, Li Qing dispatched 20,000 cavalry this time, it is conceivable that the owner of the Boyan Banner may have to suffer, the equipment of the Dingzhou soldiers, but it is really..."

"Wang Qinian's department does have less than 20,000 foot soldiers left, of which 5,000 are stationed in Yi'an County, and the defense line of Shahe Town has about 15,000 foot soldiers, among which there is the core combat force of Wang Qinian's department, Tianlei Battalion, the two are horns between each other, watching each other from afar, Second Highness, where do we fight first?"

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, of course, it is to fight Shahe Town first!" Naben said categorically, "You let the gang of wastes in Zhenglanqi contain the enemy in Yi'an County, and we will attack the defense line of Shahe Town ourselves." Fifteen thousand foot soldiers, hum, I still don't believe that my 20,000 dragon roar can't defeat Shahe Town without the cover of a fortified city. ”

Shahe Town, more than 10 miles of defense line, more than 15,000 Qinian Division's foot soldiers have long been waiting for the day, from the beginning of seeing the beacon fire on Zhenyuan City, Shahe Town has fully entered the state of war, Shahe Town Wang Qinian's Chinese army camp, the heralds are busy in and out, sending orders to commanders at all levels, Wang Qinian's purpose is very clear, that is, to defend. As long as Naben dragged on here for a day or two, then he didn't want to leave. Li Qing's cavalry returned to the division, and he could directly block his retreat.

The ground in the direction of Shahe Town for more than ten miles has completely changed its appearance, the ground has been dug up and crisscrossed by countless trenches, and the excavated soil has been built into a series of earth walls on the spot, some of the earth walls are behind a flat ground, and some are a deep trench a few steps away along the earth wall, and the ditch is inserted with dense sharpened bamboo thorns, and the Long Xiaojun wearing strong armor may not be able to get up if he falls, but the horse is sure that it will never be able to get up again.

The closer you get to Shahe Town, the deeper and denser this kind of trench becomes, and these places have entered the range of long-range weapon strikes, Wang Qinian has been operating in Shahe Town for a long time, and the trebuchets arranged in the rear alone are densely packed like woods, which makes people's minds tingle when they look at it, the newly made eight-bull crossbow flashes with cold light, and the crossbow arrows as thick as children's arms have already been marked to shoot at the target, just waiting for the enemy to crash headlong.

Naben only has the confidence to fight Shahe Town, in addition to firmly believing in the strong combat effectiveness of the Long Xiao Army, but also because the configuration of the Long Xiao Army is not inferior to the Dingzhou soldiers, who have been operating for many years and dominate the grassland, they have enough financial resources to equip the Long Xiao Army with the best Kai armor and the sharpest weapons in their hands.

At noon, the sun hung high overhead, although the May sun was not how hot, but coupled with the calm atmosphere on the battlefield, it made people feel a burst of heat for no reason.

Looking at the defense line of the Dingzhou Army, the corners of Naben's mouth showed a sneer, "The defensive version of the Fuyuan offensive and defensive battle." He said. After the Battle of Fuyuan, there was also a reflection within the Bai people, and an in-depth study was conducted on this defense of the Dingzhou army, and Naben was confident that he had a way to deal with this defense.

The horsewhip pointed directly in front of him, and opposite him, Wang Qinian's banner fluttered in the wind, far away from Naben's general flag, "I will break through from the front, I will go straight to the enemy's nest!" "Naben is heroic and dry.

There is no flank attack containment, no small-scale attack temptation, Naben is a frontal strong burst of thunder and balance as soon as he gets started, he wants to concentrate all his forces, and make a comprehensive assault on the attack surface about three miles wide on the frontal battlefield, only in opening a certain point, a breakthrough can be formed, and it will bloom everywhere.

A group of attacking soldiers of the Long Xiao Army grabbed their pockets full of dirt and began the assault, while behind them, more people were busily digging up dirt and filling it into their pockets.

Wang Qinian looked at Naben's unreasonable attack, and said with a laugh: "Very good, this kid's temper towards me, come on, since you want to attack head-on, let's have a king against a king, a general against a general, and a hard touch." Move the Tianlei battalion to the front for me as the first line of troops to defeat the enemy. ”

The cavalry of the Long Xiao Army placed the cloth bags on their horses, held the bow in one hand, and drew the arrow from the quiver with the other hand, and galloped while winding the arrow, aiming at the Dingzhou archers behind several trenches. And these Dingzhou archers were doing the same thing, and in the whistle of the sentinel, one long arrow after another pointed diagonally upward.

"Attention everyone, five rounds of rapid throwing!" With an order, the Dingzhou soldiers released their bowstrings, and with a crash, there was immediately a cloud of arrows in the air, covering the Long Xiao army that was rushing forward. The range of the improved Yipin bow is slightly farther than Long Xiaojun's strong bow by more than ten steps, and it is the distance of these ten steps that allows the Dingzhou soldiers to take the lead in this confrontation. On the side of Long Xiaojun, except for a very small number of soldiers with extremely strong arm strength, who were able to hold strong bows and shoot at such a distance with the Dingzhou soldiers, the rest of the people could only endure the arrows that were shot down like rain, and after burying their heads and rushing for more than ten steps, they could shoot out the sharp arrows in their hands.

The horse control skills of the soldiers of the Long Xiao Army, the level of archery is indeed not comparable to the Dingzhou soldiers, often the attacking Long Xiao soldiers shoot two or three arrows, and the Dingzhou soldiers can release an arrow, so that after enduring the first round of blows, in this shooting, the Long Xiao Army immediately gained the upper hand.

From time to time, people on both sides have fallen, at this distance, in fact, the two sides of the shooting is more of a suppression, the real arrow to shoot the dead is actually very few, the armor of both sides is extremely sophisticated, as long as it is not the back luck is hit in the face, throat and other vital points, shot to other positions, most of them are stuck by the armor, can not form fatal damage to the soldiers. On the battlefield, you may see a man covered in arrows like a thorn riding his horse and shooting from top to bottom.

Long Xiaojun's excellent archery skills and gained the upper hand in the shooting, but the losses were not less than those of the Dingzhou soldiers, more of the Long Xiaojun was shot down by the war horse under the crotch, and was thrown to the ground by the horse, on the battlefield of thousands of horses, even if the Long Xiaojun with extremely good horse control skills, would inevitably step on his comrades by mistake.

In this confrontation, Long Xiaojun rushed to the first trench, threw down the cloth bags on his horse, and ran diagonally away with his horses, making way for the follow-up troops.

In less than a pillar of incense, the first ditch was filled in and the low wall was pushed. The Dingzhou soldiers immediately retreated a certain distance and once again suppressed the opponent's impact with bows and arrows. Repeating the story of the first time.

Wang Qinian moved a Taishi chair, sat on the command platform, and watched this offensive and defensive battle easily, and even hummed a small tune happily, the further back the defense line in Dingzhou, the stronger the rebound, "Naben boy, when you advance to a thousand meters, I will let you taste the taste of stone rain in the sky." ”

"Send an order to the left wing, send out 3,000 men and horses, and threaten Naben's flank for me, grandma's, aren't these Long Xiaojun from digging in the earth, and they are bagged so quickly?" Wang Qinian said loudly.

As he spoke, Long Xiaojun had already broken through the second trench and advanced another hundred meters. At this time, the price they paid was nothing more than the lives of a hundred soldiers.

But there was no relaxed expression on the faces of both Naben and Hu Sha'an, the Dingzhou soldiers behaved like this, which can only show that there will be more difficult battles waiting for them in the back, looking at the Dingzhou soldiers who fought and retreated, Hu Sha'an suddenly said: "Second prince, if we can't break through Shahe Town this evening, then we have to go." ”

(To be continued)