There must be a battle between the Salvation Army and the border army, in fact, when Cao Wenzhao came to the area of Huanglong Mountain, Li Dingguo had already fought as a vanguard force.

According to the meaning of ruthlessness, Cao Wenzhao is a good general in the world, and he is also a first-class good general. Li Dingguo is still a little younger, it is still necessary to let go of the past to fight a tough battle, there are some things that cannot be learned in a good fight, and if he has not experienced bloody battles and hard battles, a child will never be able to grow into a qualified commander.

Li Dingguo is a very talented young man, so the desperate meaning is to let him play as a striker, no matter what the end is, he can grow up the fastest, and even if he can sit on one side in the future, it can also reduce Zhang Hongbin's pressure a lot.

In other words, in the eyes of ruthlessness, the only general that Zhang Hongbin can use under his command is Li Dingguo, a little kid. As for Liu Ruoqi, he may be a good general, but he is also inferior to Li Dingguo. At this stage, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and it is already a very urgent matter to focus on cultivating Li Dingguo's war awareness.

It was precisely because of the ruthlessness, that is, Yang Hong, the former general of the imperial court, that Zhang Hongbin still sent Li Dingguo out. This kid is about the same age as himself, Zhang Hongbin is still used to cultivating him as his confidant, if something happens, I'm afraid that he will really die of heartache.

Therefore, before going to war, Zhang Hongbin explained in every possible way, so that he must act cautiously, the other party is not an ordinary military attaché, and every meritorious service is based on strategy and his own bravery. If the enemy is underestimated, the consequences are unimaginable. But if it really comes to that point, no matter what the outcome, he must return to his side safely. Li Dingguo didn't pat his chest to promise anything, just nodded silently, and then took the 5,000 men and horses of his headquarters to kill him.

The forward army is generally a force of pathfinder and temptation, and 5,000 people is already a lot.

Zhang Hongbin also cherished this general, so he sent some more people to protect his safety.

The vast departure of the large army soon separated from the Chinese army by more than thirty miles. They all go out lightly, and the goal is to find out the opponent's combat configuration and the opponent's troop habits as quickly as possible. If you can, you can also test the combat effectiveness of the opponent's main general. In fact, Li Dingguo also knows a lot about the rumors about Cao Wenzhao, but they are all passed back by those anti-thieves who were frightened, and they have never been true, at least they are definitely exaggerated.

Fifty miles away, the scouts began to scatter in search of the enemy, but within a quarter of an hour, the scouts returned to Li Dingguo's face.

"Report to the general, the enemy's scout cavalry has been spotted fifty miles ahead." His own scout dismounted and reported.

"Probe!" Li Dingguo nodded, and secretly said that the other party's movements were not slow.

Later, scouts came back one after another and reported the situation of the other party to Li Dingguo, according to the reaction of the scouts, the enemy had the largest number of scouts in the northwest, and it was very likely that the thieves were in the northwest. On the contrary, there were fewer scouts in the northeast, but in the end there were still more than their own, so they did not dare to break through their blockade.

Then, the scouts returned, and the own scouts in the northwest tried to break through the defensive line, but failed, killing three scouts, and finally the two finally broke out. Facts have proved that the opponent's scout cavalry has good combat effectiveness, and the most rare thing is that he has a very accurate archery skill.

However, the scout cavalry who came back told Li Dingguo a very important thing, that is, the enemy's main force was very likely to be in the northwest direction, and he saw a large number of sheng flags, which was evidence of the existence of a large army!

"Get ready for battle!" Li Dingguo issued an order to prepare for war.

All the non-commissioned officers began to check their guns, and the melee infantry was the last to check their weapons. Everyone held their breath and waited for the enemy from the north-west. At present, Li Dingguo's position is a chain of hills, and the hills are one after another, maybe not too high, but it is still possible to hide some soldiers.

Li Dingguo chose the highest point and set up a gun array. At the same time, in front of the position, at least within three hundred paces around, thistles were sprinkled. This is an effective way to slow down the opponent's infantry and cavalry, and increase the number of shots fired in a platoon.

The enemy's large force decisively came to his front, and looking at the continuous sheng flags, it was already obvious that the large army was approaching this side.

"Be ready, shoot when you get the order!" Li Dingguo is ready to face the battle.

"Assault!" The other party gave an order, and at least five hundred horsemen took the lead in killing.

"Don't rush to shoot, shoot again when you reach three hundred paces!" Li Dingguo roared.

In fact, everyone knows this, but only a small number of soldiers will be unable to hold their breath in such a situation, and once they can't hold their breath, they are easy to make mistakes.

In the final analysis, it is inevitable that a war led by humans will always have unpredictable situations.

The thistle effectively blocked the opponent's speed, at least after discovering that there was an iron thistle in front of him, the horse's speed did slow down a bit. Even a horse with a horseshoe can't run wildly in a thistle-ridden environment very quickly, after all, it is not uncommon for a horse to fall when it is stepped on, and the faster the horse advances, the more likely it is to have such a thing.

It was at this time that the musketeers finally began to shoot, shooting puffs of smoke at the cavalry in front of them at a distance of three hundred paces.

As the smoke spread, the bodies of the cavalry, or the horses, began to be covered with blood flowers. If you are lucky, you will be shot directly, and if you are unlucky, you will at least be injured, and then fall to the ground, trampled by your companions behind, and die a very painful death.

However, in just a few breaths, combined with the power of three consecutive shots, five hundred vanguard cavalry was simply not enough to deliver food.

"Who is the other party? I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful firearm! Cao Bianjiao was dispatched in the center, and at this moment he couldn't help but admire the firearms of the Salvation Army.

When it comes to intelligence gathering, Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew have also put a lot of effort into it, but they still don't know about the firearms of the Salvation Army, and it is precisely because of this that there will be such a simple tactical mistake at this moment. But it doesn't matter, Cao Bianjiao didn't worry about anything because of this.

After all, at this time, a cavalry from the northeast had already killed within 500 paces of the Salvation Army. On the Salvation Army's side, most of the people are facing the northwest, and there is obviously a big hole in the defense of the northeast.

"What, why did the enemy's army appear in the northeast?" Li Dingguo couldn't believe his eyes.

In fact, there is nothing strange about it, Cao Bianjiao's side is a suspicious army, the purpose is to attract the attention of the other party, so the purpose of spreading the sheng flag is to confuse the enemy. If the enemy is weak, then flank and destroy the enemy. If the enemy is strong, then the suspicious army will be used as a bait, and the main army in the northeast direction will be the main attack. A small number of scouts, but it's also a strategy.

In fact, people have a subconscious, when they see other people's scouts concentrated in the northwest, they will subconsciously think that the enemy's main force is in the northwest. When it is reported that a large force of the enemy has indeed appeared in the northwest, this knee-jerk suspicion will be confirmed. As a result, he was misled by the enemy step by step into the misunderstanding, and forgot to guard against the northeast.

Now, Cao Wenzhao's main force has taken the elite knights to a range of three hundred steps, and they are also affected by the iron thistle, and the horse speed is appropriately slowed down, but Cao Wenzhao's troops, even the iron thistle terrestris can't stop their advance, and the distance between the two sides is shrinking step by step.

And most importantly, the enemy in the north-west, apparently, also began a general offensive.

This is a flank attack from the front and back, and there is obviously an obvious defensive hole on one side, Li Dingguo's light enemy, he is destined to pay for this battle.

But as a general who has been in command for a long time, even if he has determined that he will lose, he must let them see the backbone of the Salvation Army!

The grenade, seeing that the two sides have reached a certain distance, the grenade is an indiscriminate bombardment that does not require money. The musketeers fought and retreated, and the pikemen carefully defended their flanks from being violated. The enemy killed him fearlessly, even if he was killed a lot, Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's two uncles and nephews still killed in front of the battle, but after two or three clicks, they let the soldiers of the Salvation Army know that the first good general at that time, as well as the combat effectiveness of his nephew.

Their numbers were dwindling, but even if there was still breath, the Salvation Army soldiers were trying their best to shoot at the enemy, biting the ring of the grenade bullet with their mouths. Even if he has to die in the end, he has to pull a few border troops of the imperial court to die together!

At this point in the big war, there is no need for the two sides to continue fighting.

Seeing the retreat of the Salvation Army, Cao Wenzhao ordered to stop the pursuit, he knew that this was the vanguard army, and if he continued to pursue, if he encountered the main force of the other side, with the current military situation, it would be difficult for him to please. And most importantly...... This time it can only be regarded as a pyrrhic victory......