"Retreat!"

"The thief has retreated!"

On the opposite side, the Chinese army had slowly moved back, followed by the brilliant and dazzling Yi Feng, who also turned his horse's head and walked eastward, and the horse infantry of the brigade retreated in a cluster.

There was a thunderous roar of joy in the Allied formation under Momoyama, first in surprise and then in ecstasy.

The old knife couldn't help but wipe his eyes, and finally confirmed that the Huaihuang army was indeed retreating backwards. Zhang Cheng was pleasantly surprised and excitedly shouted at the old knife handle: "Alliance leader, the Huai Huang thief has retreated, please order to take advantage of the situation to pursue!" ”

For the thieves and horse bandits in the green forest, retreat is, in most cases, defeat. The more men and horses, the harder it is to retreat. Often, if you are not careful, it will turn into a rout. Although the two armies are not fighting at the moment, the Huaihuang army maintains a formation and retreats, but it still gives Zhang Cheng a glimmer of hope. If you can rush forward in one go, you can create an opportunity to take advantage of the opponent's retreat and crush the enemy in one fell swoop. Zhang Cheng was full of confidence in the military superiority of the Allied army, which was several times that of the Huaihuang army.

The old knife knob squinted, staring hard at the retreating army formation opposite. He also led the Northern Qi army back then, so his vision was very poisonous. After looking at it for a while, the brilliance in his eyes gradually faded again, and he shook his head in disappointment: "Pass my order, without my military order, no one is allowed to pursue without authorization." After speaking, he turned to his son-in-law and said: "Although the Huaihuang army is in order, although it retreats, it is in order, and the various departments retreat alternately with each other, and there are cavalry covering the two wings. Although we retreated without the slightest confusion, we rushed in pursuit, and we did not gain at all. If you don't get it right, as soon as Huai Huangjun turns around, we will be inverted by him. Be steady. Hold down the position first, and then wait. "He is an old man, and he doesn't scatter eagles when he doesn't see rabbits. If he is not six or seven percent sure, he will never attack lightly.

The Huaihuang army retreated very calmly, although it was a little inexplicable about this order, but after this period of training, the whole army was very familiar with the article that the military regulations stipulate that soldiers should take obedience as their duty. Since the order from above was to retreat, then even if the mountains of gold and silver were piled up in front of them, they would not be able to advance for half a minute. It is only possible to retreat. If the trumpet is sounded and the attack order is given, there will be a mountain of swords and a sea of blood in front of you. They have to rush forward, too.

The Momoyama Allied forces were staring wide-eyed, and no one pursued, watching the Huaihuang army retreat farther and farther, and finally withdrew from sight.

Seeing that the Huaihuang army had really withdrawn. The old knife handle was a little surprised. He originally thought that Yi Shisan's retreat was just a trick to lure them into attacking, but he didn't expect to withdraw without saying a word. Now, he is in a dilemma.

Lead your troops to attack or hold on to Momoyama?

After seeing the purging of the 5,000 Huaihuang Army, it was difficult for the old knife to sit still, if he didn't react, with the current low morale, maybe the coalition army would fall apart.

"Father-in-law, you have to attack. Otherwise, the morale of the army will be scattered. Zhang Cheng approached the handle of the old knife and said in a deep voice.

The old knife handle thought twice. Still nodded, at this time, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and you have to go on it. Otherwise, not to mention that the follow-up troops of Huaihuang may have to arrive, the most troublesome thing is that the coalition forces of the villages that have just seen the Huaihuang army purge the army may be dispersed. must keep up, under the pressure of the Huaihuang Army, everyone can only advance without retreating, and fight against the water.

"Maintain the formation, advance slowly, let's fight with Yi Thirteen." The old knife chief sighed and gave the order to march, but his heart was suddenly a little empty.

All of a sudden, a magical scene appeared on the east side of Taoshan Mountain.

The 5,000-strong troops of the Huaihuang Army lined up in several arrays, stretched for several miles, and slowly retreated. A few miles behind them, more than 20,000 allied troops from Momoyama slowly followed forward at a more cautious and slow pace.

The scout cavalry quickly brought the movement of the Momoyama coalition army, and Ling Yun on the horse just smiled after hearing this, and smiled very calmly.

He was glad that the Momoyama coalition army had caught up as expected, he was still worried just now, if the Momoyama coalition army did not dare to chase after him, it would be a little troublesome. Lingyun withdrew, of course, not for the sake of a real retreat.

Retreating thirty miles, but he saw that the terrain under Peach Mountain was not conducive to the Huaihuang army, and the Taoshan army was condescending, and it was a swooping momentum when it really fought, which was obviously not good for the Huaihuang army. Retreat thirty miles, the terrain there Ling Yun had already seen when he came, the grassland area, but not completely flat grassland, but with grass, slopes, woods and small rivers, such terrain is extremely suitable for his tactical arrangement, is the best battlefield, he should take the initiative to retreat.

Half a day later, the five thousand Huaihuang soldiers and horses had retreated thirty miles and arrived at the battlefield that Ling Yun had already predetermined.

The Taoshan army was still slowly following from ten miles away, and Ling Yun rode lightly on horseback, inspecting the battlefield.

The land here is rugged, with a small river about twenty paces wide and just over the depth of the paint flowing from north to south, with a slippery and muddy shore that rises gently uphill to the east, and a rocky crumbling terrain to the east. On both sides of the slope, there are many birch forests.

Ling Yun looked at this predetermined battlefield with satisfaction, pulled out his long sword and pointed at the woods on both sides of the slope with the tip of his sword, and shouted at Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong: "Shan Xiongxin, you lead three regiments of six hundred light cavalry to guard the woods on the left, Qin Qiong, you also lead three regiments of six hundred light cavalry to guard the woods on the right." Remember, your task is to prevent any enemy from passing through your position, through the woods to the middle slope. ”

Ling Yun didn't guard the small river, the river was too shallow. And in Ling Yun's plan, this river actually has an excellent effect, the river can slow down, and the muddy ground on the bank of the river can also slow down, Ling Yun gave up the two banks of this small river and lined up the soldiers and horses behind the east bank of the river. The main position is the slope, and occupying this low slope, the Huaihuang army can condescendingly attack the enemy army crossing the river. The woods on both sides of the slope, the two flanks of the main position, must be held to prevent the enemy from outflanking them. With six hundred light horsemen on each side, plus the woods, it would not be a problem to hold both sides of the main position. "Your main target is the enemy's infantry groups that go around the flanks, break them up, and never allow them to advance in formation. As for the enemy's light cavalry, these two woods can help you share a great task, and unless their horse team can rush through the woods at high speed, their cavalry need not be afraid. If only you kept an eye on the enemy's flanking infantry groups, and any enemy infantry who dared to approach them, then use your horses to break them down and break them up. Break their formation, and it will be enough. ”

Shan Xiongxin rode back to his cavalry formation, and quickly gathered the three regiments of cavalry under his command with the order. With a lance in his hand, he rode his horse and galloped in front of the cavalry, shouting loudly: "This is the woods!" "It was a dense wild birch forest, long and lush, but not very large, like many woodlands on the dam, growing on the edge of the slopes, like a green island, rather than one of the big endless forests." The Alliance Leader has left this place to us to defend, and no matter what happens, no bandits must be allowed to enter this tree and flank the main position. Whoever dares to come near here will cut off his leg and chop off his head!" ”

"Chop off their legs, chop off their heads!" The cavalrymen of the three regiments kept slapping on the cavalry round shield with the cavalry knives in their hands, making loud noises.

These cavalrymen, not so long ago, were also composed of a motley rabble. They have the cronies and private soldiers of the Jin Palace, the guards of the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the powerful family of Shandong, the heroes of the green forests of Henan, and the horse thieves in the northern Xinjiang At this time, they are all riding war horses, wearing leather armor, holding cavalry knives, and they are hussars in the tent of Huaihuang Town.

It's just that these fierce light horsemen are not the protagonists of the battle. According to the commander Ling Yun's assignment, the protagonists of this battle are the longbowmen, who are only the wings of the longbowmen.

On the low slope of the front, eight regiments of 1,600 longbowmen lined up in an array of eight archers, and in front of them were rows of spearmen, with sword players on either wing.

The strangest thing was that Ling Yun did not line up the reserve team in the rear this time, but directly lined up the six hundred foot cavalry reserve in front of the formation.

Ling Yun personally sat on the front line, "Quick, put the rejection horse up, and then put the baggage cart in front." Ling Yun planted the banner in front of the archers' array, and then commanded the soldiers to hurry up and reject the horses, bury the iron thistles, dig the horse pits, and dig the ditch. In addition, Ling Yun also asked the soldiers to seize the time to bury two pointed wooden stakes in front of the archers, and the rows of wooden stakes were driven diagonally into the mud, and then all the upper ends were sharpened.

"Wait and feed the crows!" Gao Jia sighed as he breathed cold air beside Ling Yun, as an experienced general of the former Northern Qi Forbidden Army, he had already seen the danger of Ling Yun's position. The Momoyama coalition army didn't know the strength of the longbowmen, but he knew very well, at first glance, this position seemed to be a traditional positional battle dominated by the infantry of the Chinese army led by Ling Yun, supplemented by cavalry on both wings. But who knows, the most powerful killing move in this position is the 1,06 longbowmen? The arrangement of a qiē revolves around these 1,600 longbowmen.

The sound of the horn is getting closer and closer, the war drums are excited, the horn is sad, and the Huaihuang army has finally arrived.

In an instant, the enemy had appeared in front of them, popping up from the mountains to the west, hiding behind a barrier of shields and spears, like a huge monster slowly pressing in.

More than 20,000 people and horses, spread out on the flat grassland, suddenly there is a kind of overwhelming, people and mountains of flags and seas, as far as the eye can see, everywhere there are black crows and crows, like the spear of the forest, like the flag of the sea

Under the banner of the Chinese army of the Huaihuang Army, the military band also began to beat the cowhide war drum violently, and then the military horns also followed suit! (To be continued......)