Twenty miles east of the city of Caohan, Zhao's army of sixty or seventy thousand had been assembled and ready for battle, and a few miles to the opposite side were 30,000 horses under Xie Ai's command.

This is all the idea of Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, in order to completely defeat Xie Ai, after some discussion, he decided to write a letter to Xie Ai, asking each to lead the troops and fight a decisive battle in the open wilderness, but Xie Ai agreed without the slightest objection, and immediately led 30,000 horses under his command to meet the battle.

Seeing that Xie Ai really did not break his promise, Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, smiled proudly, after all, at this moment, he has an army of sixty or seventy thousand under his command, and Xie Ai only has an army of thirty thousand, the difference in strength is more than doubled, and the hope of victory is naturally great, and among the sixty or seventy thousand army, the men and horses who have been defeated by Xie Ai only account for thirty percent, which does not have a great impact on morale.

"General, Xie Ai really kept his promise, and now our army can avenge the one arrow a few days ago." One of the generals said loudly.

When Ma Qiu heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"General, Xie Ai Pifu is scheming, who knows if it will be another conspiracy, the general still has to be careful!" Another general said with some concern.

"What are you afraid of, the decisive battle here was proposed by our army, and the location here was also chosen by our army, and there are flat rivers all around, even if Xie Aipifu has great ability, he can't make any tricks." Sun Fudu shouted loudly.

Ma Qiu smiled, and said: "The general is afraid that Xie Ai will use a plan, so the place of the decisive battle is chosen in this place where there is a flat river within a radius of ten miles, and ambushes, flooding, and fire attacks are not used." The decisive battle here can only rely on the strength and combat power of the army.

"General, the army of Liangguo has been arrayed, will our army attack?" A subordinate general came and asked.

Ma Qiu looked at the army of the Liang Kingdom a few miles on the opposite side, frowned, and said, "Send an order to the front army, prepare to attack." ”

"Yes." The general answered, and then went to convey the order to prepare for the attack.

Soon, the main army of Zhao State was fully prepared for the attack, and only Ma Qiu needed to give the order. You can attack the army of Shay in front of you.

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In the camp of the Liang army opposite the Zhao army. Xie Ai was still standing in the center of the military formation in cloth, commanding the army under his command with a calm expression, without showing the slightest panic.

"General, the army of Zhao has finished preparing for battle. An attack could be launched at any time. Whether our army is offensive or not. One of the generals looked at Shay. Asked out loud.

Xie Ai looked at the generals beside him and said softly, "Are you all prepared in front?" ”

"The general can rest assured, everything is ready. Zhao Jun couldn't find out at all. The general replied in a low voice.

A smile appeared on the corner of Xie Ai's mouth, he looked at the general, and ordered: "You immediately lead five hundred cavalry to kill the Zhao army from the gap, and after releasing a round of arrows, return from another gap." ”

"The last will understand." The general received the order, and immediately led 500 cavalry, lined up in a column to rush to the opposite Zhao army formation, and bent his bow and arrows, fired arrows into the Zhao army's camp, and then immediately circled and returned.

The attack of the Liangguo cavalry was as fast as lightning, and after shooting a round of arrows, when the Zhao army just wanted to attack, it had already retreated sharply.

The 500 sharp arrows did not cause much casualties to the Zhao army, and only a dozen soldiers were shot by the arrows and were injured.

"General, the cavalry of the Liang Army raided and wounded more than a dozen soldiers of our army, and they have now retreated." The generals in front immediately reported the situation to Ma Qiu.

When Ma Qiu heard this, his eyes showed anger, this was Xie Ai's deliberate provocation, and it was a contempt for himself, so that the new hatred and old hatred were added together, which made Ma Qiu make up his mind to kill.

"Command the whole army to attack immediately." Ma Qiu gave the order loudly.

"Knock knock knock......" The dozens of war drums of the Zhao army's camp made a deafening sound of marching at the same time.

"Kill ......" The soldiers of the Zhao army attacked on all fronts and killed the Liangguo army on the opposite side.

In the military formation of the Liangguo army, Xie Ai saw that the Zhao army had already killed, and with a finger of the banner, the cavalry of the front army had already lined up in several columns, and was ready to rush to kill at any time.

Soon, the forward cavalry of the Zhao army had already approached and was ready to attack.

"Hissing...... Suddenly, the horses of the Zhao army fell to the ground, and the cavalry on horseback were all thrown off their horses, and the formation was loose.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Zhao army fell into his preset horse formation, Xie Ai immediately ordered the cavalry to attack.

Seeing Xie Ai's order, the cavalry of the Liang Army immediately lined up in several columns, killed in the middle of the Zhao army's formation, and slashed the Zhao soldiers on both sides.

In the battle, the soldiers of the Zhao army continued to fall into various traps, while the cavalry of the Liang army came and went freely on the battlefield, without the slightest interference from the traps.

Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, who was supervising the battle in the rear, was shocked when he saw this situation, he didn't understand why the main army under his command was scattered so quickly, and the army under Xie Ai on the opposite side only dispatched cavalry.

"General, how is this possible, the main force of our army is actually inferior to the cavalry of the Liang Army." A subordinate general said with a look of surprise.

"Xie Aipif must have done something in front of you, otherwise this situation would never have happened." Sun Fudu roared angrily.

When Ma Qiu heard this, he realized: "Trap, there must be a trap when you go, I was careless for a while, but I actually fell for Xie Aipuff's trick again." After speaking, his face was full of chagrin.

"Xie Aipif actually set a trap in front, no wonder our army made an appointment to fight, and he agreed so simply." Sun Fudu roared angrily.

"General, what should I do now, if it goes on like this, it will be difficult for our army to win!" Wang said worriedly.

Ma Qiu gritted his teeth and said, "Order the withdrawal of the army!" Evacuate to Great Xia City. ”

"General, as long as we retreat at this time, our army will be scattered! The general thinks twice. A subordinate general persuaded.

How could Ma Qiu not be clear about this truth, but at this time, the battle situation was extremely unfavorable to the army under his command, Xie Ai only sent cavalry to play with the tens of thousands of troops under his command, and if it dragged on any longer, the loss might be even greater.

Ma Qiu sighed and said loudly: "Our army has fallen into the trap set by Xie Ai, and the longer it drags on, the greater the losses. After speaking, he turned his horse's head and led a group of generals to run in the direction of Great Xia City.

"Bell, bell, ......bell," the sound of a gong for the withdrawal of troops came from the rear of the Zhao army.

As soon as the soldiers of the Zhao army heard the order to withdraw the army, they hurriedly turned around and fled, but Xie Ai set many traps, and in the process of retreating, many soldiers fell into the trap.

"General, the Zhao army has fled, the Zhao army has fled." The subordinate next to Xie Ai said excitedly.

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "Pass the order, the whole army will immediately pursue." ”

"The general has an order, and the whole line is pursued." The general shouted.

"Knock knock knock ......" The war drums of pursuit sounded in the camp of the Liang army.

"Kill ......" The army of Liangguo roared angrily, and under the leadership of Xie Ai, pursued the fleeing Zhao army.

Because the trap in front was dug by the Liangguo military first, therefore, they naturally knew the specific location of various traps, for this reason, all lined up in columns, in the gap of the trap to pursue and advance, the speed of the pursuit was faster than the speed of the Zhao army's rout, for this reason, intercepted a lot of Zhao army soldiers who had not yet fled, and further expanded the results of the battle.

The soldiers of the Zhao army fled on all fronts, and the army of Liangguo pursued for more than ten miles in the rear, and won a lot, and then, under the order of Xie Ai, stopped the pursuit, and gathered the team to march in the direction of Caohan City.

The reason why this battle achieved such great results was because Xie Ai planned and took advantage of the Zhao army's general Ma Qiu's eagerness for revenge to agree to Ma Qiu's request for a frontal decisive battle, and then, taking advantage of the night, he secretly set up various traps at the pre-negotiated decisive battle site, and left a few gaps in it to facilitate the entry and exit of the army under his command.

Before the decisive battle, Xie Ai asked his generals to lead 500 cavalry and deliberately ran back and forth through the gaps in the traps, just to make the Zhao army believe that there were no traps ahead and could attack with confidence, thus achieving great results.

However, Ma Qiu, the commander of the Zhao army, was carried away by hatred, and when he saw Xie Ai agreeing to his request for a decisive battle, he took it for granted that Xie Ai believed Xie Ai, thus causing heavy losses to the army under his command.

Although the army of Liangguo under Xie Ai only pursued for more than ten miles, the tens of thousands of troops under Ma Qiu's command were like lost dogs, and they did not dare to stay too long, and they ran until Daxia City before stopping.

In Daxia City, Ma Qiu discussed with his generals, and felt that the army under his command had lost nearly half of its morale, and it was impossible to take advantage of it if he continued to fight, so he decided to withdraw from Hezhou in Liangguo and return to Guanzhong.

Although this time it was fruitless, Ma Qiu and other generals of Zhao were quite unconvinced, and it was not easy to explain to Shi Hu after going back, but if it was consumed again, the loss would be even greater, and at that time, it would be even more impossible to explain to Shi Hu.

After some preparations, Ma Qiu gathered thousands of scattered soldiers, and then abandoned the Great Xia City and marched in the direction of Guanzhong.

Xie Ai once again fought a beautiful victory, and did not ask for the help of tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city, and suddenly became more famous, when he led the army into the gate of the city in triumph, almost all the people in the city came out to greet them, and the people were even more welcome.

After the news of Xie Ai's third victory reached Zhang Chonghua's ears, Zhang Chonghua was greatly excited, and rewarded and promoted Xie Ai again, and let Xie Ai temporarily lead the army of Caohan City and completely recover all the lost territory in Hezhou.

Xie Ai received the order and led the army to march towards Daxia County and Wushi County, because Ma Qiu's main army had withdrawn to Guanzhong, so these two counties were taken back without effort.

At this point, the first round of large-scale war between Liang and Zhao ended with the complete victory of Liang State, which completely shattered Shi Hu's ambition to take advantage of the young age of the new monarch of Liang State to destroy Liang State and unify the north. (To be continued......)