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In late autumn in October, the autumn wind in Hebei has a slight coolness, and the autumn frost in the early morning has red the leaves in the mountains and forests, the leaves on the trees gradually turn yellow, and the wild trees in the mountains are full of unknown wild fruits.

In Leshou County, Hejian County, on the low foot of the mountain, a cavalry drove from the south. At first, a flag bearer carried a large flag embroidered with a large Guo character on it. On the hillside of the team, a general of about fifty years old sat on a horse with a gray beard and a solemn face, looking ahead from a distance. He is the commander of this 10,000-horse army, Guo Xun, the general of Huyalang. He was originally a general guard of Zhuojun, but after Zhuojun was taken by Chen Pojun and changed to Beijing City, he was also transferred to the army.

In this southern expedition, he relied on his friendship with Luo Yi for many years to win Luo Yi's vanguard army to listen to orders. Just yesterday, Luo Yi, the pioneer general of the Southern Expedition, received a letter from Dou Jiande, although they all felt that they had missed an opportunity to make meritorious contributions to suppress bandits. However, there was His Royal Highness King Chen above, and they could only accept Dou Jiande's invitation to surrender.

Dou Jiande invited himself to be the forerunner, and he was willing to lead his troops and horses to attack Gao Shida, which is of course a good thing. However, in order to prevent Dou Jiande from playing any tricks, Luo Yi finally sent him to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the north to Hejian County. At that time, if Dou Jiande played any tricks, he believed that with his 10,000 soldiers and horses, he would definitely make Dou Jiande recover.

Looking at the empty wilderness, Guo Xun turned his head and asked, "Where are Dou Jiande's soldiers and horses?" ”

A subordinate general behind him hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Dou Jiande left his subordinates Gao Yaxian and Fan Yuan to reorganize their troops and horses in Gonggao City, and personally led 30,000 people north to Hejian, and now it is still half a day away from Leshou City." ”

"Okay, pass the order, wait for the soldiers and horses to arrive at Le Shou and then rest for half a day. This time, our task is to monitor Dou Jiande, and when Dou Jiande's soldiers and horses arrive, let them go first. By them, these rebels dog-eat-dog. We'll just watch the show on the sidelines. When Guo Xun talked about the peasant army, his eyes were full of disgust. He is also from a family, and he has been a court official for many years, and the most despised are those rebels who were born with mud legs.

The heralds rode their horses to give orders, and the soldiers who got the orders increased their speed, as long as they got out of the mountains and forests in front, Leshou City could be in sight. After several days of driving, everyone wanted to enter the city early, and finally took a hot bath.

The team rolled forward, but Guo Xun's eyebrows suddenly wrung together. He raised his hand with a solemn face, "Wait a minute, there is something strange ahead." ”

"Your Excellency?"

Guo Xun pointed to the dense forest in front of him, "My army is rolling in, and there is no movement in that dense forest, don't you think it's strange?" ”

When the subordinate generals heard this, they also became solemn. It is late autumn, and there are always many wild fruits and countless birds in the forest. According to common sense. When the army passes through the forest, then the beasts and birds in the forest will inevitably be startled, but now, the dense forest in front of it is quiet, and the silence makes people feel that it is a pool of stagnant water.

Everyone is from a regular general, and the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests are alarmed, so there must be soldiers and horses in the forest. And like this, the forest is motionless. Then the same. A big reason is that there was an ambush in the forest early, and the birds in the forest were frightened away, so they didn't react at all when they arrived.

"The whole army stops advancing! Send a team of scouts into the forest to search carefully! Guo Xun immediately gave a steady order, although he was not afraid of those rebels, but now that he had just joined Chen Pojun's account, he had to act cautiously, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault.

Orders are forbidden. The army showed the good qualities of a professional soldier, and without the slightest hesitation, the 10,000 horses quickly stopped their advance, and began to readjust the somewhat scattered formation of the march under the orders of the officers.

There was a rumbling sound in the northwest direction.

The eyes of Guo Xun and his subordinate generals all changed, could it be true that there were ambushes in the forest?

"Soldiers and horses appear in the northwest direction! It's the cavalry, the cavalry of the rebels! ”

"There is a lot of foreshadowing rushing out of the dense forest to the east. It's a rioter! ”

"There are also ambushes in the dense forest to the north!"

"The number of cavalry is unknown, about ten thousand!"

"The ambush infantry in the dense forest is about 50,000 horses!"

"It's the banner of the rebels in the river! The leading banner is the Douzi banner! It's Dou Jiande! ”…,

"There are high-character generals in the ambush in the north, and it is a high opening road between the rivers!"

One scout after another flew in, bringing one message after another that made people's faces change.

As if to verify their words, follow them closely. The rebellious cavalry with the banner of the word Dou swooped down on the flying dirt. The knights on the horses also did not have uniform armor and were dressed in colorful clothes. Holding a variety of weapons, he didn't even have a complete charging formation, and with a fierce momentum, he came like a swarm of bees. The tens of thousands of rebellious cavalry roared and roared as they charged.

Guo Xun's face changed, and he had already determined that this army of soldiers and horses like Huazi was indeed a Hebei rebel army. And the Dou character banner and the high character banner have already made him understand that it turned out to be Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao.

Seeing these two people, he understood in his heart at this time, what Gao Shida and Dou Jiande had a dislike. What Dou Jiande had his own heart, what Gao Shida killed Dou Jiande's wife, what please surrender, it turns out that all of this is just a smoke trick used by Dou Jiande, a bitter trick that blinds them all.

Looking at the huge chaotic army in front of him, it is estimated that Dou Jiande must have transferred all his elite men and horses here, but they really thought that this Dou Jiande was just a fearless bandit who was afraid of death, and as soon as he heard that the Southern Expedition army was coming, they thought that he really came to surrender. I even really thought that they were still behind me now, but I didn't expect that they had already set up this ambush in front of them.

The anger of being deceived surged in his heart, Guo Xun took off the fine horse lance next to the saddle, held the lance in his hand, and instantly gained confidence.

"Change the formation, the marching formation becomes the cavalry front arrow charging formation! Brothers, show your skills and let these mud-legged men see what a real cavalryman is, and let them know that a cavalry is not something that can be pulled by a mule. Brothers, kill one of them, whoever personally beheads Dou Jiande, the official is promoted to three levels, and the reward is a thousand taels of gold! ”

For the approaching Hejian Rebels, Guo Xun did not have the slightest fear in his heart, "The whole army will rush me!" ”

A general beside him hesitated and persuaded, "General, the chaotic army is attacking and is full of sharpness." And the number of rebels is far superior to ours, should we temporarily form a defensive formation to resist the previous waves of attacks, and then counterattack? ”

Guo Xun didn't have any expression on his face, but he looked at this captain transferred from the Liaodong Army with some contempt in his heart, in the past, he always felt that the Liaodong Army was brave and unparalleled, and the fiercest enemy troops dared to rush up directly. But when I saw this captain today, I felt that they must be the praise of the Liaodong Army itself, even the mud-legged people are so cowardly, how brave can they be.

However, although he thought so in his heart, Guo Xun did not express what he was thinking, after all, although this captain was not of high rank, he was also from the Liaodong Army and was an old subordinate of Chen Pojun. Speaking of himself, he is just a general, and he still can't offend him.

"Captain Liu, please rest assured, although the rebel army is numerous, it is just a rabble. Although the number of our army is small, the Hebei army has always been a strong army in the world, not to mention that among the 10,000 brothers, there are still many Khitan warriors, who deal with the chaotic people, and they are not drawn in a battle. Captain Liu, please lead a group of men and horses from your headquarters to hold the position, and wait for the general to personally lead the troops and horses to take Dou Jiande's head and return. ”

Dou Jiande took the lead, holding a Hebei gun, and behind him Gao Yaxian, Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Cao Dan, Cao Zhan, Kong Shaode, Cheng Mingzhen, Hu Daen, Liu Ya, Liu Bin and other henchmen and generals all went into battle. Even her daughter Dou Hongxian was also wearing up at this time, prancing horses and raising guns.

The original plan was that Dou Jiande planned to wait for Guo Xun's soldiers and horses to enter the dense forest before suddenly attacking. After beating them out of hand, the cavalry broke through the formation, cut the encirclement, and finally ate the 10,000 horses. Unexpectedly, this Guo Xun was so careful, but suddenly stopped advancing in front of the dense forest. In desperation, Dou Jiande had no choice but to kill in advance.

After the defeat of Zhang Jin, all the horses collected after the defeat were armed with 10,000 cavalry, and 50,000 infantry followed.

Guo Xun and his subordinates here had no fear at all, and they quickly changed their formations in an orderly manner, quickly changing from a marching array to a sharp arrow charging formation. Guo Xun took the lead with a horse lance, leading 3,000 Hebei cavalry in front, 3,000 Khitan cavalry on the left wing, and 3,000 cavalry of Luo Wu, the general assigned by Luo Yi, on the right wing. In the end, Liu Ling, a lieutenant of the Liaodong Military Academy, led a thousand cavalry to the rear of the palace.

Dou Jiande galloped wildly, and saw that the imperial soldiers and horses on the opposite side did not retreat, but took the initiative to meet them, although he was surprised in his heart, he also felt heavy pressure. Fan Yuan, the general on his side, was pleasantly surprised in his heart, and his face turned red.

10,000 cavalry, although these are just 10,000 rabble in the eyes of Guo Xun and other Sui generals. But for the Hejian rebels, this small number of cavalry has made their confidence surge infinitely, how could they have had so many cavalry in the past?

In the past, under the command of Dou Jiande, although they had many victories, they only had a thousand cavalry at most. Later, after Chen Po's army rebelled against the Sui, all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were transferred to the northeast of Hebei, and their power took the opportunity to expand a lot, and they had a cavalry of 5,000 people.

Wielding the Hebei spear in his hand, horse lance, spear, spear, wolf tooth stick, axe, and halberd, the 10,000 river rebels let out a wild scream, like a raging wave. (To be continued.) )