Gongye Cheng rode his horse and looked out, only to see a large number of people and horses under the hillside and a continuous stream of people coming from the north, and it was impossible to judge the number of people for a while, but at a glance it was clear that the number of enemy soldiers was many times that of the eight regiments of cavalry on his side. He ordered: "Send someone back at once to inform the chief that the enemy soldiers are increasing like a sea of people." ”

The generals looked at it for a while, only to feel that the Hu people were simply a group of rabble, although the number of those people was large, the banners were mixed into a formation, the people and horses walked around like refugees, and they couldn't even see the formation, and some people didn't even have weapons, and there was no military appearance in a large area. The soldiers who followed Gongyecheng all belonged to the Mingguang Army, where could they still look at such an enemy "army"? One of the generals immediately said: "What if such an army is ten times the number of our army? The general doesn't need to hesitate, go down and kill it to make a head! ”

Gong Yecheng thought that the valley mouth where he came in was high and the road was not easy to walk, so it was inconvenient to retreat in case of defeat, so he did not give the order to attack for half a day. The general was also a little angry: "The commander's military order is to meet the invading enemy and defeat him. The general did not move forward in the battle to resist the order. ”

Speaking of this, Gongye Cheng had no way to order the regiments to prepare for an attack, and according to the terrain, they charged from a high place to the Hu people on the open ground below. When the lieutenants and brigade commanders heard the military order, they ordered to beat the drums and line up, and their feelings were all high.

The various units of the Mingguang Army were transferred from Guanzhong to Youzhou for a long time, and then dispatched from Youzhou to Pingzhou, basking in the scorching sun for a few days and marching in the dark for a few nights. Soldiers belong to the soldiers, the profession is to train and fight, anyone's consciousness wants to reflect their own value at a certain moment, and the value of everyone is nothing more than to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and the time is just around the corner.

It was just afternoon, the hottest time of the day, and people's armor was hot, and their faces were sweaty as if they had been coated with a layer of oil shining in the sun. But this qiē could not dissipate the urgency of the soldiers looking forward to the first battle at the moment. Gong Yecheng grabbed the water bag and poured a stream of cold water, shouting: "Take the drum and gold as the trumpet, and attack at the front!" ”

"Knock knock ......" Another drum sounded, and hundreds of horsemen started their horses' hooves from the hillside one after another, as a forward to test the attack. The first regiment marched halfway up the hill and quickly divided into four teams, when the drums beat rapidly, and the four rows of men and horses took their lances and spears and accelerated their march, and the horses on the downhill terrain ran briskly, and in a blink of an eye they rushed to the flat ground.

The enemy soldiers below didn't have time to react, and the chaotic military discipline over there probably couldn't change anything in a short time, but I saw someone pulling out a knife and swaying in the sunlight in the chaotic crowd, like a bunch of horse thieves.

Soon the forward cavalry regiment met the enemy, and the ping-pong fight began, and there was a commotion in the crowd, and a large crowd of enemy soldiers began to move scattered to the north. The first wave of Jin attacks was only 200 people, but this shook the opponent's position; The two regiments that followed closely behind also rushed forward. Gongyecheng and others condescended to watch the scene in front of them, which could not help but remind people of the nomadic scene on the grassland, where nomads were driving large herds of cattle and sheep on horseback.

Seeing this, Gongye Cheng led all his troops to dive down and rushed straight to the enemy's crowd. The enemy soldiers really have little combat effectiveness, the team is chaotic, there is no cohesion, and the equipment is poor, the men and horses are weak, and the ability to fight alone is also very poor.

The Jin soldiers covered up and killed and captured a lot from behind, but at this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of Mingjin, and the herald shouted: "The general has an order, don't venture in and chase too far, stop going north and stand by!" ”

Then Gongye Cheng sent people back to report the situation of the battle, and repelled the invading enemy. Some of Du Xian's staff members felt strange and said: "But I am afraid that it is a trick to lure the enemy into depth, and we should pursue cautiously before we find out the truth north of Dushan." ”

Someone immediately seconded: "The cavalry of one or two thousand men defeated Li Sheng's vanguard in less than an hour, although the soldiers of the Mingguang Army should not be like this." If the Khitans were really so vulnerable, why had our army suffered many defeats since Wu Zhou? In many battles, even if there is a reason for the miscalculation of the commander's command, it is still the result of real swords and guns on the battlefield. ”

General Fan Shuhu said: "It's useless for you to be suspicious, no matter what, if we want to attack Yingzhou, we have to pass the mountain roads on the side of Guòdu Mountain and White Wolf Mountain." Otherwise, you can only leave Xuanshui and go east to detour, and then turn to the north, and take that road in the hot summer, and the water source will be problematic. Since we have to take this road after all, why not seize the fighter plane to pursue the past and expand the results of the war? ”

The staff member Jianyi said: "Our army can temporarily postpone the attack south of Dushan, and then let Pingzhou transfer troops to transport grain and grass, during which they will search the mountains and forests in this area. If there are a large number of ambushes in the forest, it will need to be supplied from outside after a long time, and the horse's feet will always be exposed. At that time, our army will first occupy and clean up Dushan, control all passages, and then use Dushan as the base to Tuyingzhou in the north. ”

At this time, some officers and soldiers brought back some prisoners from the front, and Du Xian sent officials to torture them about their combat purposes, and the prisoners all said that they came here to stop the Jin army. The Jin officers and soldiers beat them up again, and then asked the same thing.

Du Xian led a team of people to climb the high place to watch the terrain, his eyes looked back at the mountains and forests on both sides of the road for a long time, the summer leaves are thick, the green mountains in the line of sight are endless, and there is an illusion of being under Zhongnan Mountain from a distance. His subordinates understood his thoughts: he was worried that there were ambushes in the mountains and forests; He is also a person who is good at using the method of rapid rush warfare, and he is not sure of the method of confrontation and consumption to achieve the purpose of the battle. Moreover, the military government's battle plan before the dispatch of the army was also to formulate a direct capture of Yingzhou.

Someone next to him tried to say something, but was stopped by a staff member with a look. The crowd fell silent, except for the neighing of horses echoing through the mountains. People are always faced with big and small choices, and Du Xian is undoubtedly facing it at this time.

Maybe Du Xian's style of leading troops has long been doomed to the result of the choice, but the repeated reminders of the staff have affected him somewhat, so it seems a little not crisp at this time. After a long time, he said: "Order the five armies to immediately pull out the camp and pass through the valley in front of Guò, and there must be no mistake." ”

As soon as a staff member spoke, "Think twice, he was interrupted by Du Xian: "I know what you want to say, I know what I want to say, I don't need to say more." ”

So the military ordered, and the large army that had stopped in front of the mountain began to move one after another. Gongye Cheng's troops lined up in front, and the large cavalry in the rear did not advance, but the baggage and infantry moved first. The road over the mountain is bumpy, but fortunately, the road is not narrow, and there is no problem with the grain cart pulling up; But the four cannon-loaded carts were a bit of a hassle. The weight of the cannon body was 2,000 catties, and the weight of the cart made it very difficult to go uphill, so people had to use whips to pull the horses for the speed of marching, and the foot soldiers also surrounded the carts to push the carts to make it difficult for them to move forward. Luckily, the weather was cool and the roads were dry, so if it rained, it would be slow to pull these heavy trucks uphill.

As soon as the cart was halfway up the slope, one of the horses fell to his knees and foamed at the mouth, and as soon as the horse fell down, it was abandoned, and the sergeants had to change horses to continue pulling. The soldiers usually cherish horses very much, and some people can't help but complain when they see this situation, and carrying these iron cannons is a drag.

The baggage vehicles and infantry in front crossed the mountain, and the cavalry behind led the war horses to slowly follow the slope, and the army tossed for a small half a day before passing through the Guò valley and descending to the flat terrain. Du Xian ordered Gongye Cheng to open the way for the forward, and the Fifth Army continued to march.

After all the more than 20,000 people had entered the valley, they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Boss, please look, there are people and horses in the mountains and forests!" An official stomped his feet and said, "Sure enough, there are ambushes!" ”

Du Xian said calmly: "I expected it, you don't need to panic. Our troops have all entered the valley, which is wide enough to start fighting, and the troops will only cover the water and the earth. Order all armies to form formations and prepare for battle, and those who run around and disturb the morale of the army will be killed immediately! ”

In an instant, the men and horses in the forest appeared, and the Hu people did not rush down to raid, but saw a large crowd of people running to the south. The general said to Du Xian: "The valley pass of our army's rear road is narrow and difficult to navigate, and the enemy soldiers want to cut off our rear road. After a while, Gong Yecheng also sent someone to report: "The enemy soldiers who had broken up at the beginning turned around from the north and came back. ”

Du Xian said: "Order the cavalry of the rear army to turn back and seize the southern valley mouth heights. ”

"Order!" One rode away with a pennant.

At this time, the five armies of the Jin army had quickly formed a camp, with the baggage and cavalry in the middle, then the sword and shield infantry army, the outermost formation was the heavy infantry with long weapons, and the battalions were lined up facing the eastern and western highlands. The cavalry from the south had rushed out to take the high ground, but the cavalry had obviously not been able to take advantage of their maneuverability when they climbed the hillside, and as soon as they had climbed the main road to the mountainside, the enemy had already poured into the road at the mouth of the valley, and the number of people was increasing, and it was gradually becoming dense.

I saw that Hu Bing was holding the rolling wood and throwing it down the mountain, the Jin cavalry forward was smashed into a mess, people turned on their backs, and the enemy soldiers condescended to shoot with bows and arrows, and the Jin soldiers could not move forward. The generals shouted and shouted, the knights abandoned their horses and charged, and the enemy soldiers continued to roll down logs, knocking the Jin soldiers who could not dodge to the head and bleeding, and the line could not be maintained, and the attack was blocked.

After a while, a large number of people and horses also came out of the forests on both sides of the east and west, and in an instant, they were all over the mountain, and they swooped down along the slopes on both sides towards the camp of the five armies of the Jin army. The battlefield shape was formed between sudden changes, and it was obvious that the Jin army was in a situation of being besieged, and it was being attacked, and the terrain was very passive: it was inconvenient to attack it if it was won; As soon as it is washed away, it faces the danger of being divided and encircled.

Du Xian raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers and soldiers, it is time to serve your family and country!" ”

The captain in front shouted: "Stabilize the front, and don't take a step back when you die!" The shouts and drums of the army were so loud that they could only be heard with a loud bang, and the ballistas in the camp began to fire, and huge arrows of black smoke flew into the air. For a time, this barren mountain became extremely lively. G