ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your opinions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to it to give more support to "Yuema Xiliang"! The atmosphere in the big tent was overwhelming, and everyone hung their heads and remained silent.

Duan Xuan's face was still pale, and Sen Han's gaze swept over the generals, and his heart became more and more uneasy when he stared at the generals under the account, and his head drooped down one after another, before he snorted heavily and slapped it on the table.

"An army of more than 20,000 people can't capture a camp of 8,000 people!"

Duan Xuan gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Shame, it's a great shame!" Since our Xiliang army followed His Majesty into Beijing, what kind of vicious battle has not been fought, and even the 300,000 rebels of the Kwantung princes came to attack, but they were still repelled by our army. Now that our army is several times larger than the enemy, we can't even capture a single camp, who can tell General Sùben, what is going on? ”

All the generals dodged their eyes and hung their heads silently.

Duan Xuan gasped a few times violently, his chest rising and falling violently like a bellows.

It's so angry that my chest is going to explode.

Since he led the troops, he has never fought such a flaming battle.

After a long time, the general said cautiously: "General, it has been five days since Luo Zheng led the army to attack Guanzhong, in order to prevent Chang'an from losing, it is better to return to the division for the time being to break Luo Zheng's headquarters cavalry, and then clean up Gaoshun." ”

"That's right!"

The generals hurriedly seconded the proposal in unison, and they didn't want to fight with Gao Shun anymore.

The 30,000 army, including 25,000 foot soldiers, lost more than 3,000 in the attack on Longxian, and lost more than 6,000 people in the attack on the Gaoshun camp, with nearly 10,000 casualties. Such losses are simply too great.

Now there are only 20,000 soldiers left in battle, 5,000 cavalry, and 15,000 infantry.

Let's not talk about whether we can break through the Gaoshun camp. Even if they can break through, the generals don't want to fight anymore.

None of them. Even if the Gaoshun camp can be defeated in the end, the remaining 15,000 infantry will have to suffer casualties.

Duan Xuan struggled for a long time before he gritted his teeth unwillingly and said, "Order, withdraw tomorrow morning." ”

"The last will obey."

The generals immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly agreed.

Longxian, Ma Teng's official residence.

"Lord!"

The general galloped into the inner hall and bowed to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Excuse me." Hasn't Duan Xuan broken through the Gaoshun camp yet? ”

The general said in a condensed voice: "The lord doesn't know, Duan Xuan waved his army to attack Gaoshun's camp, and suffered heavy casualties in five days, but he only attacked Gaoshun's first camp, and there were two camps behind him that were not attacked. ”

Ma Teng asked, "What are the casualties of Gao Shun's army?" ”

The general replied: "According to the observation of our scouts, Gao Shun's 8,000 army suffered very few casualties, only the first camp was broken by Duan Xuan's army, and when he retreated to the second camp, a group of more than 100 foot soldiers broke off, and all of them were killed. In addition to this. There were almost no casualties, and the casualties of Duan Xuan's army were at least five thousand, or even more. ”

Ma Teng's eyes suddenly froze. "This Gao Shun is so difficult to deal with?"

The generals nodded again and again: "Yes, Duan Xuan was bitten hard this time, but he failed to fight the tiger, and only 20,000 of the 30,000 army remained, and he had already given up attacking the Gaoshun camp, and pulled out the camp and withdrew to Chencang." ”

Ma Teng's expression moved, "Duan Xuan withdrew to Chen Wu?" ”

The general replied excitedly: "Exactly, lord, do you want our army to go out of the city to pursue and give Duan Xuan a ruthless blow?" ”

"Chase a fart!"

Ma Teng scolded: "Although Duan Xuan has suffered heavy casualties. Our army is no better, and there is no room for pursuit. Besides, Gao Shun is still eyeing him. Do you want General Ben to be taken by Gao Shun to take the opportunity to seize Longxian? ”

"Uh, this ......"

The general choked. Busy said: "The last general has no such intention. ”

Ma Teng waved his hand and ordered: "Pay close attention to the movements of Duan Xuan and Luo Zheng's army, and report back at any time." ”

"Yes."

The general agreed, and seeing that Ma Teng had no other instructions, he hurriedly retreated.

On the official road of Yu Elk to Chencang, Duan Xuan set Yang as the vanguard and led 5,000 cavalry to take the lead.

About twenty miles back, the army of Duan Xuan's pro-command headquarters followed the cavalry and marched slowly.

Luo Zhengqin led more than 10,000 cavalry into the pass, Duan Xuan did not dare to be careless, with 5,000 cavalry as the front army, open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and expel troops to explore the horses everywhere, but whenever they encounter deep ditches and dense forests, they must search carefully to avoid being attacked by ambushes.

Mountains appeared in front of you, and after crossing this mountain range, you arrived at Chencang.

This mountain road is not long, about 30 miles.

Yang Ding had already walked through it once, so he was naturally very familiar with the situation.

Except for the steep mountains on both sides of the two-mile mountain road in Tiger Leaping Gorge, the rest of the mountain roads are quite easy to walk, basically all of them are low hills that are connected together, and they are bare, and there is no place to lay ambushes at all.

As long as you climb a hill, you can see at a glance whether there are ambushes or not.

Yang Ding didn't pay much attention to it, and directly led the army to step on the mountain road, and the scouts who were in charge of exploring the road rode back and forth, constantly climbing the hills in the distance, looking around with a pergola, and reporting the situation to the Chinese army through small colorful flags.

There was nothing to do all the way, and soon we arrived at Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Yang Ding didn't dare to crash into it, ordered the army to line up on the spot, and then sent his soldiers to climb the cliffs on both sides, searched the dense forest back and forth, and waited until he confirmed that there were no ambushes before continuing to move forward.

The five thousand cavalry quickly crossed the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and Yang Ding breathed a sigh of relief.

There are seven or eight miles of mountain roads, and you can pass through this mountain range.

However, at this moment, a scout scout horse galloped over and said loudly: "General, I have found Luo Zheng's cavalry." ”

Yang Ding's eyes suddenly froze, and he said in a deep voice: "Where is Luo Zheng's cavalry now?" ”

The scout cavalry shouted, "It's just outside the mountain pass." ”

Yang Ding asked, "How many cavalry are there?" ”

The Hou cavalry replied, "No less than three thousand horsemen." ”

"No less than three thousand riders?"

Yang Ding was stunned, Luo Zheng led 12,000 cavalry to attack Guanzhong, how could there be only about 3,000 cavalry.

Since there were no ambushes, where did the rest of the army go?

Yang Ding was wary of the scheming Luo Zheng, and he didn't dare to be careless, and shouted: "Let's go, go and see." ”

The five thousand cavalry accelerated forward in only half an hour. He crossed the remaining seven or eight miles of mountain roads.

Turning a mountain pass, I saw that the terrain in front of me suddenly opened up, and the grass and fields on the plain were green. With no rolling hills to obscure the view, all the cavalry were in good spirits. The mind that had been crumbling slowly relaxed.

However, just a few miles away in the field, there was a cavalry of about 3,000 people waiting in battle, it seemed that they had been waiting for a long time, Yang Ding immediately ordered the army to line up on the spot, but there was a suspicion in his heart.

The 3,000 cavalry from miles away stood quietly in formation, and did not take the opportunity to kill.

Such a scene is really weird, and it is difficult to understand what this cavalry wants to do.

If you want to ambush and sneak attack. The best place to be is the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

This has already crossed the mountains, and even if you want to lay an ambush, there is nowhere to hide.

And this cavalry waited outside the mountain pass in such an open manner, and did not find a place to hide, no matter how it looked, it didn't look like an ambush and sneak attack, which was really puzzling and a little confusing.

"General, what is Luo Zheng doing here?"

A junior colonel couldn't help but come up and ask, "Why do you think that this cavalry is waiting for us?" ”

"Nonsense!"

Yang Ding frowned and said, "If it's not waiting for us, what are these cavalrymen waiting here for?" ”

The little school laughed dryly. Scratching his head, he stepped aside.

Yang Ding frowned and glanced around, and was about to send someone over to investigate the situation.

That's when it happened. In the distance, the sound of bull horns sounded.

Immediately afterward, a thunderous hoof sounded behind a hill more than ten miles to the northeast, and a black cavalry quickly rushed out from behind the hill and killed it all over the open wilderness.

"It's not good, line up to meet the enemy!"

Yang Ding was taken aback, and immediately howled wolf, and instantly understood in his heart that he was the master first. I always felt that if Luo Zheng wanted to ambush, he would inevitably choose a place like Tiger Gorge with very steep terrain.

After all, the ambush relied on surprise. How can you be surprising if you don't have terrain cover.

However, the end result. However, to Yang Ding's surprise, Luo Zheng did not choose to set up an ambush halfway to sneak attack as Duan Xuan expected, but chose to have a real head-on decisive battle on the side of Shankouzi.

However, since it is a head-on battle, there is nothing to be afraid of.

As the saying goes, when you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.

Yang Ding was very confident in the brave and good Xiliang cavalry, and did not think that he would lose.

Even if there are only 5,000 cavalry, and the strength is less than half of Luo Zheng's, Yang Ding has enough confidence.

As long as it lasts for a maximum of half an hour, General Duan Xuan personally led the army to arrive and block the mountain pass, and then the more than 10,000 cavalry of Luo Zheng will be unable to fly, except for letting the cavalry abandon their war horses and flee to Liangzhou on foot.

Five thousand cavalry quickly lined up in the wilderness outside the pass, ready to meet the enemy.

At this moment, the 3,000 cavalry, which had been arrayed several miles away, also moved.

After the war horses began to run, the two wings of the three thousand cavalry quickly moved closer to the middle, and when they were less than a mile away from Yang Ding's army array, the three thousand cavalry were already in the process of accelerating, forming a triangular cavalry assault formation.

"Xiliang Iron Ride, invincible in the world!"

Yang Ding's fighting spirit was boiling, and he raised his gun and shouted, "Sons, kill with so!" ”

The five thousand cavalry responded with three shouts, and they also urged their horses under their crotches and met them fearlessly.

At this moment, seeing that the distance between the two armies was less than 300 paces, in front of the 3,000 cavalry formation opposite, the 500 cavalry suddenly broke away from the formation, raised the speed of the horse to the limit, and rushed straight towards Yang Ding's 5,000 cavalry.

"What's going on?"

Yang Ding was stunned at first, and then thought of something, and suddenly changed color, and exclaimed, "Not good!" ”

I have long heard that there is an ironclad cavalry under Luo Zheng's command, and even the people and horses are all wrapped in the dark iron armor, which is simply invulnerable, and the bow and arrow are not injured.

Fang Cai didn't even think about it, until this moment, seeing the five hundred cavalry breaking away from the formation and speeding up, Yang Ding suddenly remembered that there was such a cavalry under Luo Zheng's command, but at this time, it was too late to change the formation.

The distance between the two armies was less than three hundred paces, and Yang Ding could only charge forward with a hard head. (My novel "Prancing Horse Xiliang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued) R466