The wind was light and the clouds were light, and the Sui army team that was slowly moving eastward arrived at the predetermined battlefield that had been carefully surveyed in advance, and the scout reconnaissance confirmed that the rebel team had come out of the camp to the west, Chen Yingliang gave an order, and the Sui army team immediately stopped, and quickly arranged a large array with a small earth mountain that was not too high, and quickly began to build simple fortifications.

The sunshine is still very unfavorable to the Sui army, and the rising sun in the east is just shining directly on the faces of the Sui soldiers, which is a problem that cannot be solved, and Chen Yingliang can only ignore it. The terrain was also unfavorable to the Sui army, the open area outside Hongnong City gave the cavalry a large number of rebel troops the best opportunity to gallop and outflank, and the Sui army, whose main cavalry had already been lost by Wei Xuan, was in an extremely disadvantageous situation. In view of this situation, Chen Yingliang, who had already personally surveyed the nearby terrain, could only follow the example of his distant uncle Pei Hongce and quickly build a thin anti-horse fence to offset part of the charging power of the rebel cavalry.

In addition, Chen Yingliang, who is a little greedy for life and afraid of death, also made a layout that is heavy inside and light on the outside, and arranged the Sui army team to the periphery, and the most capable and reliable team of the national army was put in the middle of the phalanx by Chen Yingliang, waiting for his life in the safest position, and also protecting Chen Yingliang's flag formation by the way.

After another moment, the rebel army, which had sent as many as four times the number of troops of the Sui army, had also arrived near the battlefield, and when he saw that the last main force of the Sui army in Hongnong City really poured out, and then saw Chen Yingliang's Jingzhong National Flag and Wei Xuan's Wei Zi Shuai Banner appear in the Sui army at the same time, Yang Xuangan suddenly laughed wildly, knowing that as long as this battle was won, there would be no more stumbling blocks on his way west to Guanzhong.

The old general Li Zixiong was also laughing, pointing at the Sui army team that was hurriedly arranging the Fang Yuan Array, and laughed wildly, "Fang Yuan Array? Round? It turned out to be a square circle! Will Chen Yingliang's thief and Wei Xuan's old puppet fight? Attacking our army with weak troops, not thinking of rushing into a surprise attack, and even arranging a turtle formation like the Fang Yuan Array, haven't they read a book of soldiers and don't know what kind of formation the Fang Yuan Array is? ”

Of course, it is not for nothing that General Li laughed so wildly, the large array composed of multiple phalanxes is indeed the strongest defensive formation among Sun Bin's ten formations, but it sacrifices a lot of mobility and offensive power, when holding on to the danger or when reinforcements are about to arrive, it can indeed play a good role in resisting the strong with the weak and gaining time, but in the open terrain to arrange such a formation against the superior enemy, in the end there is only one end, being consumed alive by the superior enemy! -- By the way, Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper, used this formation to fight against Bai Qi, but Bai Qi took the opportunity to cut off the grain route and died alive.

On the contrary to Li Zixiong, after seeing the Sui army team fighting against the self-army in a square formation, Li Mi's face changed, and he hurriedly rushed to Yang Xuangan's side and said: "Duke Chu, please give the order to attack, don't let the officers and soldiers form a formation, otherwise, this battle will be very difficult for us to fight, we should immediately launch an attack, and force the officers and soldiers to fight us immediately." ”

"Master, attack immediately, are you stupid?" Li Zixiong scolded: "At this time, if you launch an attack, even if you win the officers and soldiers, you can immediately retreat to Hongnong City, how can we inflict heavy damage and annihilate this army of officers and soldiers?" ”

After reprimanding this sentence, without waiting for Li Mi to refute it, Li Zixiong had already turned to Yang Xuangan and said: "Duke Chu, our army can use the crane wing formation to break the enemy, and then send an army to detour back behind the officers and soldiers to wait for orders, so that our army can completely encircle the official army and completely annihilate it, and not give Wei Xuan's old puppet and Chen Yingliang's thieves a chance to retreat." ”

"Buhe Wing Formation, come to Yuan, you lead two thousand infantry to detour back behind the officers and soldiers, and block the retreat path of Wei Xuan's old thief and Chen Yingliang's thief."

Yang Xuangan didn't even glance at Li Mi, and directly arranged the enemy's strategy according to Li Zixiong's construction. Seeing this situation, Li Mi of course closed his eyes in despair, and lamented in his heart, "It's over, even if we can win this time, our losses will definitely not be small -- completely encircling the officers and soldiers who are waiting in battle, isn't this forcing the officers and soldiers to fight to the death with us?" ”

No matter how much Li Mi lamented, it was useless, under the order of Yang Xuangan, across the Sui army's circle of 800 steps, the rebel army also quickly began to arrange troops, concentrating heavy troops on the central army, and the mobile team quickly spread to the left and right flanks, and another 2,000 infantry went out under the leadership of the Great Sui Ming's future protector and unfilial son Laiyuan, and crossed the Sui army's large array in a roundabout way, advancing behind the Sui army's formation, to block the retreat of the Sui army. On the Sui side, because they didn't get orders, they didn't pay attention to the rebels' roundabout team, but just raced against time to arrange horse fences to enhance the defense of the phalanx as much as possible.

Seeing the arrangement of the rebels on the earth mountain, Wei Lao, who insisted on fighting together, was stubbornly a little worried, turned to Chen Yingliang, who commanded the whole army, and said, "Yingliang, do you know the formation of Yang rebels?" In the Crane Wing Formation, which is both offensive and defensive, there is also a rebel army that crosses us and goes directly to the east, looking at the appearance, Yang is determined to annihilate us completely. ”

"Please rest assured, the villain is also behind the gate, knowing the formation and purpose of the rebels." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "However, in my opinion, among Sun Bin's ten formations, this crane wing formation happens to be the most wrong choice for Yang Rebellion's traitor. ”

"The most wrong choice? Why? Wei Xuan asked in surprise.

"Of course, it's because Yang Rebel's main force is running out, and isn't it a big mistake to use the Crane Wing Array to disperse his already small main combat force, instead of concentrating on one point?" Chen Yingliang smiled.

Wei Xuan thought for a moment and felt that Chen Yingliang's analysis was reasonable, but he didn't dare to confirm that Chen Yingliang's analysis must be correct. Chen Yingliang didn't pay attention to Wei Xuan anymore, but just called Liu Changgong, who was already dressed like an iron can, to the front of him, pointed to the right flank of the rebels and said: "Brother Liu, you see, the right wing of the rebels is the Yang Zi banner, it should be Yang Xuangan's younger brother Yang Jishan commanding the army, Yang Xuangan likes to appoint private individuals, and the team under his own brother must be elite soldiers, if nothing else, Yang Cheng is the first to attack our left flank." ”

After carefully looking at the enemy situation on the opposite side, and carefully observing the enemy situation on the left and right flanks of the army, Liu Changgong nodded and said: "Yes, it should be to attack our left flank first, our left flank is relatively open, and there are some small hills on the right flank, which will hinder the army's combat, if it is me who uses troops, I will also attack the left flank first." ”

"So our left wing pleases you." Chen Yingliang said in a deep voice: "No matter what, please Brother Liu, you must defend our left flank, as long as you can carry the Yang rebel to attack head-on, we can get a chance of victory." ”

"I'll ......, I'll try." General Liu replied with little confidence: "I'll try to hold the left flank as much as possible, if it doesn't work, Brother Ying Liang will send reinforcements to the national army as soon as possible." ”

"Of course." Chen Yingliang smiled and casually talked nonsense, and then admonished: "Brother Liu, don't remember that your team can't fight, but its morale and fighting spirit are not as good as the enemy. Also, you have to be careful."

"Thank you brother for your concern." Liu Changgong laughed when he heard this, patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, today, brother, I am for safety, but if I wear two layers of armor, even if there are any stray arrows, they will not hurt me at all." Chen Yingliang smiled again and said goodbye to Liu Changgong.

Not long after, the main force of the rebels was completed, and the Sui army also built a thin but practical anti-horse fence as quickly as possible, and the result was the same as Chen Yingliang and Liu Changgong expected, the rebel flag was waved in the flag, and sure enough, it was the rebel Yang Jishan's team on the right wing of the rebels striding forward, bringing a lifetime of second-line teams, fighting a lifetime of tailwind battles, and being careful to wear two layers of armor to go into battle, General Liu Changgong Liu, who finally ushered in the first vicious battle and hard battle in his life.

In view of the fact that the Sui army had built a horse fence, Yang Jishan was very smart and rational to put the cavalry team behind and let the infantry take the lead, the purpose was to prepare to use the infantry to destroy the Sui army fence and open the way for the cavalry team to charge, and then use the cavalry's charging advantage to enter the Sui army formation and completely destroy the turtle formation of the Sui army from the inside.

On Liu Changgong's side, General Liu also sold enough strength to prepare for a big fight this time, constantly yelling in the formation, boosting the morale of the soldiers under his command, and motivating the fighting spirit of these veteran soldiers under his command, "Brothers, the enemy has come, prepare to fight to the death!" It's all people, why the hell can the white-robed soldiers charge into battle and be invincible, so we can only follow them and pick up the cheapest? For our promotion and fortune, for our mother-in-law dolls, fight with traitors! Win this battle and go home and hug the doll! Win this battle and go home and hug your mother-in-law! ”

In the shouting of General Liu, and at the same time in the sound of the war drums of the rebel flag array, Yang Jishan's team slowly detoured back to the front of the left flank of the Sui army, and set up a charging posture, and then the war drums of the rebel flag array suddenly became loud, and the rebel team under Yang Jishan immediately launched a full-speed charge, and General Liu immediately stopped shouting and encouraging, yelling: "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows to Lao Tzu! ”

The rain of arrows that flew out of the round formation of the Sui army fired the first shot of the decisive battle of Hongnong, and the Sui archers hiding behind the fence threw dense feather arrows into the sky, and the roaring and spinning overwhelmingly fell on the head of the rebel team, and the rebel infantry who were charging at full speed were hit by arrows one after another, and more than a dozen people fell in an instant, which was a good start for General Liu. However, the rebel team, which had also been gradually trained in actual combat, did not see chaos, and still strode forward under the rain of arrows, desperately closing the distance between them and the Sui army at full speed.

The enemy is only three arrows, after three rounds of arrow rain, the rebel infantry has rushed to the Sui army's fence, hiding behind the fence with a dense horizontal line of Sui soldiers immediately stabbed the spear in their hands, just like the fence suddenly gave birth to countless spikes, many rebel infantry was not in a hurry, and was suddenly pierced by the spear, screaming and falling in a pool of blood, the Sui soldiers quickly returned the gun and stabbed again, the spear stabbed between the spears, the rebel team's charging momentum was suddenly completely neutralized, and the speed was greatly reduced and could not break through the fence, The Sui soldiers could only be stabbed with their guns through the fence, and the rebel cavalry team hiding behind the infantry team did not find the slightest opportunity to charge.

Between the splashes of blood, the soldiers of the Sui army, who had even cut off the way of retreat, yelled and kept stabbing and assassinating, and desperately stabbed the spears and spears in their hands at the rebel soldiers behind the thin fence, and the rebel soldiers did the same, while desperately stabbing and stabbing the guns, while looking for opportunities to smash the fence, and the Sui soldiers were desperately consuming their lives. And at this moment, the experience advantage of these veterans under the command of General Liu has also been brought into play, and they can flexibly dodge the spears from the enemy with the corner of their eyes and the sound of the wind between stabbing and killing the enemy, and the sophisticated equipment on their bodies also allows them to reduce part of the damage from the enemy, but the mixed equipment of the rebel soldiers cannot do this, unless they are wearing Sui army equipment captured from the battlefield, once they are stabbed by the spear, it will be either dead or wounded, In addition, the archers of the Sui army hid behind and constantly threw feather arrows, so the casualties of the rebel team in close combat with the Sui army team except for the Baoguo army were unprecedentedly much larger than the Sui army.

Seeing that the Sui army team actually resisted the rebel charge with a thin fence, Wei Xuan was so surprised that he couldn't help beating his chest a little, and said with annoyance: "The old man is really old and confused, what an old fool!" When we were in Bishan, why didn't the old man think of building a fence at the moment of battle, blocking the traitor's charge and stabbing through the fence, and giving full play to our equipment and training advantages? ”

"Guarding the guard, this tactic is also adapted to local conditions." Chen Yingliang pointed to the ground under the soil mountain and said: "This area is all farmland reclaimed by the people of Hongnong, the soil is soft, of course, you can quickly build a fence when you are in battle. I'm afraid that the fence has not been built yet, and the traitor's cavalry has already killed in front of your banner. ”

Wei Xuan wanted to praise Chen Yingliang for his careful observation, but he was a little dissatisfied with Chen Yingliang's disrespectful attitude, so he simply scolded: "Fuck it!" You kid, you have the same fate as Fan Zigai's old horseman, and you have encountered such favorable terrain. ”

Wei Xuan scolded unconvinced in the Sui army flag array, seeing that the Sui army team actually blocked the charge of his own team with a thin fence, Yang Xuangan naturally gritted his teeth in the rebel flag array, patted the armrest of the handsome chair and said in annoyance: "You really shouldn't give Chen Xiaothief time to repair the fence, otherwise, our cavalry would have broken Chen Xiaojiao's left flank long ago!" ”

"Duke Chu, we must do our best to open a breakthrough, otherwise, our situation will only get worse and worse." Li Mi, who finally proved that he was right, hurriedly spoke, reminding: "Our soldiers didn't rest well last night, and today's weather is too sunny, and the soldiers are very consumed in battle under the scorching sun, and it will be very unfavorable to us for a long time. ”

Looking at the few sparse clouds in the sky, Yang Xuangan nodded and shouted: "Go and give Yang Jishan an order, within a quarter of an hour, be sure to break through the left flank of the officers and soldiers and open the gap that breaks into the formation of the officers and soldiers." ”

Hearing this, the old general Li Zixiong, who was slapped in the face again, of course looked embarrassed, and he only secretly hated Yang Jishan's team for not executing effectively, living up to his wonderful tactics, painstakingly arranging, and giving the younger generation Li Mi a chance to win his ambition.

After Yang Xuangan's order was quickly conveyed in place, Yang Jishan was also a little anxious, in addition to ordering the infantry to step up the attack, he also simply came to the front of the battle in person, leading the supervision team to urge the infantry to step up the charge. And General Liu on the Sui army's side also did the same, in addition to leading the supervision team to force the soldiers to resist stubbornly, he also personally cut down a soldier of his own who retreated in fear, yelling and shouting, "Resist!" Resist Lao Tzu! For your mother-in-law and doll, resist Lao Tzu! Don't forget that if you lose this battle, you won't have a chance to go home and hug the doll in your life! ”

Under the encouragement of the expulsion of the generals on both sides, the fierce battle on the fence line increased again, the officers and men of the two armies were desperately stabbing and stabbing with blood-red eyes, and the sword and shield hands were constantly filling in the gaps, and the short bodies continued to slash and kill the enemy's arms and weapons stretched out over the fence, and the inside and outside of the fence were full of flesh and blood, countless casualties, and the battle situation fell into a cruel stalemate like a meat grinder.

In the stalemate, the left wing team of the Sui army, which was already a little crumbling, suddenly cheered loudly, it turned out that I don't know when, a regiment of **** soldiers had come to the left flank, seeing these friendly troops wearing conspicuous white robes appeared, and the Sui soldiers guarding the fence did not know that a divine power came out of there, cheering and roaring and stabbing the spears and spears in their hands faster and fiercer, stabbing the rebel soldiers who had begun to squeeze the fence to the blood, screaming continuously.

On the contrary, seeing the appearance of the Baoguo Army wearing a striking white robe, the rebel team that had already suffered a big loss in the battlefield of Kim Yong Cheng and the defense of Luoyang was scattered, and while subconsciously hindering their legs, they exclaimed loudly, "The white-robed soldiers are here!" Those monster white-robed soldiers are here! ”

Morale and fighting spirit suddenly disappeared, and the morale of the Sui generals who had strong companions as backup was high, and Leng is stabbed down to kill the rebels' charge, forcing the rebel team whose morale was greatly reduced to retreat, and immediately stabilized the fence defense line, and then took the opportunity to quickly repair the small number of fences that were cut and smashed by the rebel soldiers. Immediately afterwards, under Yang Xuangan's roaring thunderous order, although the rebel infantry team once again launched a charge on the fence of the Sui army, the momentum was far less fierce than before, and the soldiers of the Sui army, who had already played their confidence, calmly met the enemy under the condition that the army of the country did not move, and the rebel team fought inextricably on the fence defense line, without giving the rebel team any chance to break through.

At the same time, the rebels' left flank troops also moved, and when the terrain was not very suitable for attacking, they detoured back to the front of the right flank of the Sui army and launched a strong attack on the right flank of the Sui army. This time, Chen Yingliang did not make any tactical arrangements or transfers, and let the Sui army on the right flank defend the enemy alone, but Wei Xuan, who likes to be brutal, was a little worried, and said to Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Yingliang, the right flank is also at war, do you want to send a regiment of the Baoguo Army over as a reserve?" ”

"I don't need to." Chen Yingliang replied in a low voice: "There are many hills and ditches on our right flank, which is not conducive to the traitors to launch an all-out charge, and it is difficult for the traitors to make a breakthrough. Also, it's useless to send the national army now, just report the **** troops, and when it comes to such a decisive battlefield, it's just a drop in the bucket, rather than sending it over now to fill the gaps, it's better to wait until there is danger on the right flank, send it over to encourage morale and hit the enemy's morale. ”

What made Wei Xuan extremely depressed was that the battle situation was once again expected by Chen Yingliang, in the case of unfavorable terrain to charge and raid, the rebel team attacking the right flank of the Sui army was first covered by as many as four rounds of feather arrows, and then stabbed by the spears of the Sui soldiers, and was also quickly confined to the front of the fence defense line It was difficult to advance an inch, and at the same time, because the team was not as elite as the team under Yang Jishan's command, it was also killed even worse by the Sui army soldiers, and it was forced to retreat and reorganize the team in less than a moment.

Seeing such a situation, Wei Xuan secretly rejoiced in his heart, and a nameless anger surged into his heart that he couldn't bear to endure, and gritted his teeth in his heart, "The surname is Chai!" You remember it for the old man! If it weren't for you, the old man would have lost so badly in Bishan before? The kid surnamed Chen next to the old man will cheapen Fan Zigai that old thing for nothing?! ”

After the secret anger, Wei Xuan tried to calm himself down, and observed the battlefield for a while, Wei Xuan turned to Chen Yingliang again and asked: "Ying Liang, although we are not fighting badly now, we are always on the defensive and evenly balanced, if we continue like this, how can we win?" How do you have a chance to break the rags? ”

"Absolutely!" Chen Yingliang nodded vigorously and confidently, and then pointed to the rebel flag formation in front of him and said categorically: "When Yang rebels launch a frontal attack, it is when our chance to win a big victory comes!" This time, I put the Baoguo Army in the middle of the phalanx, and I didn't let them charge into battle, just waiting for this opportunity! ”

Chen Yingliang had almost waited for this opportunity, almost at the same time in the rebel flag array, seeing that the teams attacking on the left and right flanks were blocked by the fence defense line of the Sui army, Yang Xuan was furious, and he was ready to order a frontal attack, and he would personally lead the army to attack as usual, but unfortunately this time Li Zixiong and Li Mi joined forces again and persuaded together: "Duke Chu, don't worry, although we have not yet taken the advantage, we are not yet at a disadvantage, the battle situation is currently deadlocked, and it is not the time for a frontal assault." ”

Yang Xuangan, who was persuaded by Li Zixiong and Li Mi so together, could still listen to some contrary advice, had to give up his plan to attack head-on immediately, sat back on the handsome chair with a heavy ass, and yelled: "Water! Bring water, the kingdom of this pillar is thirsty! ”

The soldiers quickly brought the water, drank two sips and felt that it was tasteless, and because they were in a hurry to raise the account and count the soldiers before they finished breakfast, they felt a little hungry in their stomachs, Yang Xuan couldn't help but think of a trivial matter, so he ordered: "When I left the camp just now, didn't the local people send wine and meat to the chef?" Bring a jar of wine, and then bring some meat and steamed buns, and the kingdom of this pillar is a little hungry. ”

"Take more." Li Zixiong also said casually: "I entered the account before I finished breakfast today, and the old man was also a little hungry." ”

The conscience of heaven and earth, although Chen Yingliang is not a good thing, Cai Wang Yang Zhiji is a veritable and kind person, and the wine and meat sent are really just to reward the elite main force of the rebels, and I really didn't want to reward Yang Xuangan himself and the world-famous General Li.