In this way, the Lingnan army lined up and waited for the enemy to move, from the ugly time to the Yin hour, and from the Yin hour to the Mao hour, until the hour of dawn had passed, the time was approaching, and the sun had risen high, and then a lazy cannon sound was heard from the opposite camp.

The Lingnan army waited for a long time, and the killing intent was strong, and when they heard the sound of the cannon, they all thought that they could finally meet the enemy in close combat, and fight to the death. Unexpectedly, the camp did not move at all, but a few wisps of cooking smoke came out of it, and then the clamming of pots and pans and the shouting of people to eat sounded - it turned out that this cannon sound was a signal for the officers and soldiers to announce the meal.

The Lingnan army waited for most of the night, it was hungry and sleepy, and when they heard such a voice, they were a little envious of the opponent on the other side.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Yu and Sun Hao discussed it slightly, and then they also called the leaders of the battalion behind them to transport the steamed buns, wotou, vegetable soup and other food prepared in advance to the front line for the soldiers to eat.

The officers and men of the Lingnan Army had just eaten half of it, but they heard three cannon shots in the opposite formation, and then the golden drums rang out in unison, and the gates of several camps facing Jinling were suddenly opened, and a group of soldiers lined up from the middle.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Lingnan Army hurriedly stuffed the remaining food into their mouths and prepared to meet the battle, but unexpectedly ate too quickly and quickly, and many soldiers in the battle were choked and coughed and burped for a while, and the formation seemed a little loose.

The officers and troops on the opposite side were not much better.

Most of these armies were Jiedu troops from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and they were defeated and retreated under the attack of the Lingnan army, so they gradually gathered under the command of Qiu Yi. Although the combat effectiveness of these troops has been greatly improved after supplementation and short training, there is still a big gap compared to these elite soldiers in Lingnan Province. Just when arranging the formation, it seems to be procrastinating, and there are several squads that seem to be in the wrong position, making temporary adjustments, and rushing the teams that have not yet formed very loosely.

Zheng Yu in front of the battle saw such a scene, so he said to Sun Hao beside him: "The formation of the official army is loose, why don't you take advantage of the opponent's formation, go over and fight a dozen first, maybe you can win a single blow?" ”

Sun Hao frowned and said, "It seems a little abnormal to look at it." The Akiyi Department has always ordered and forbidden, and even when it moves on rugged mountain roads, it is very fast. Today's appearance seems to be luring the enemy, so we might as well take a look at it. ”

Zheng Yu is also a person who has been tricked several times, and when he heard Sun Hao say this, he was quite a little apprehensive, so he also dispelled the idea of trying it, and continued to stand on a temporary high platform to observe the enemy's situation.

Sun Hao's words were half right, and half wrong.

Qiu Yizhi deliberately delayed leaving the camp until the end of the season, just to slow down the opponent's fighting spirit. In the face of the possibility that the enemy might come and take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, he also made full preparations, and had already ordered his seventy crossbowmen and two thousand archers selected from the Jiedu army to prepare in the camp. In addition, more than 1,000 cavalry were sent on each flank to sweep the formation, and once the opponent came to attack, he had to immediately attack both flanks.

However, the progress of the formation greatly disappointed Qiu Yizhi.

This is the first time that Qiu Yizhi has commanded such a large-scale decisive battle, and it is also the first time that the Jiangnan Province Jiedu Army has participated in such a battle, and he has to prevent the opponent from peeking into his own reality and reality, so he did not dare to drill in advance, and only summoned all the leading generals and deduced them several times in the Chinese army's big tent.

However, after all, talking about troops on paper is different from going into battle, and the clear formation of the explanation is really arranged, but it is not as convenient as imagined in advance, some of them disrupt the order of the front and back, some go to the wrong position, and some soldiers can't find their commander in the confusion.

Fortunately, Zheng Yu and Sun Hao had been beaten by Qiu Yizhi before, and when he deliberately exposed his flaws and lured himself to attack, he stayed where he was, which saved a dispute.

After nearly an hour of this, the formation was barely lined up, and the army was exhausted and panting, sweating profusely.

Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the chaos during the formation had finally passed, but he heard someone in front of the army report: "A member of the Lingnan Army is out of the ranks and is sweeping in front of the formation." ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a general who was tall and big, fully armed, riding a horse like a black charcoal regiment, holding a spear, and shouting and scolding in front of the battle. Behind him, the soldiers of Lingnan Dao also shouted to kill, the gongs and drums shook the sky, and the morale was extremely high.

So he smiled at Lin Shuhan, the counselor next to him: "Probably because Zheng Yu has read too much of the broken drama in the past few days, how did he think of going to be single-handed?" I think it's better to ask Meng Hong to shoot him to death with an arrow. ”

Lin Shuhan waved his hand and said: "There are many masters under your hands, instead of shooting him to death with a secret arrow, it is better to send a general to kill this person in front of everyone, so as to boost morale." ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he saw that the soldiers under his command were facing an enemy army twice as large as themselves, and many of them were already trembling, and they really needed to boost their morale, so they said to the captain Chi Jiming who was guarding beside him: "Ji Ming, you go up and kill this puppet who called the formation." ”

Yu Chi Jiming has changed into men's clothes, riding on the back of a horse, listening to the "little uncle" Qiu Yizhi's instructions, he is also eager to try, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Okay, I haven't done it for a long time, my hands are itchy!" I'll come when I go. ”

Lin Shuhan stopped again: "Kill chickens with a knife? According to Lin, there is no need for Lao Wei Chi Jiming's driving, but it is appropriate to send Zhao Chengxiao out. ”

Qiu Yizhi's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Lin is really reasonable. Let the officers and men of the whole army see the means of the chief general Zhao Chengxiao, which is a good strategy to boost morale. As he spoke, he sent the order down and asked Zhao Chengxiao to go out to fight.

In addition to his own command in the center, Wu Changxi, Zhao Chengxiao, and Zhang Qi led the three armies, and Zhao Chengxiao was the chief general of the Chinese army, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the cornerstone of the whole army.

I saw Zhao Chengxiao riding a brown Bohai horse under his crotch, wearing a silver armor that was rewarded by the emperor when he gave his life, and he jumped out majestically, as if the gods descended to earth. However, he did not have heavy weapons such as swords, spears, spears, giant axes, and long knives in his hands, but only a three-foot-long Western Regions treasure knife, and then rode towards the black-armored and black-horse generals of the Lingnan Army.

When the military general saw a weapon like Zhao Chengxiao, he thought that he had taken the lead with a spear in his hand, held the weapon upside down in his right hand, stroked his beard with his left hand, and asked: "This general will not kill the unknown general, please use the name of the person who comes!" ”

Zhao Chengxiao also went into battle for the first time to fight one-on-one with the enemy general, I didn't know that there were such rules, a black face was red, and he raised his voice and said: "Zhonglang will Zhao Chengxiao." Who's on the other side? ”

The general was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "Generally, the two armies are fighting, and the people who come out to scold are small officers like Qianzong and Baihu, and they are a captain, and now they look down on their opponents in person. I didn't expect that a seven-grade small county order in Qiuyi's district sent a Zhonglang general to come over to fight, didn't he come to deceive me? ”

But he looked at Zhao Chengxiao's mount, drape, and appearance were not ordinary people, etc., not to be underestimated, but his official position was still two levels behind him, so it was inconvenient to say it bluntly, so he changed his words: "In Xiatian Baozhu, followed the birth and death of the Lingnan prince, and killed the barbarian cottage alone several times, and made great achievements, and the prince falsely praised the 'lonely hero'!" ”

Although Tian Baozhu said this big set of words, Zhao Chengxiao really hadn't heard of his name, and he only replied in a daze: "Oh, I see." ”

Tian Baozhu is illiterate, and he can't lead soldiers, he relies on martial arts and brute force to achieve the position of captain, so he is very conceited about his resume, hearing Zhao Chengxiao's tepid words, he already has some anger in his heart, and said: "Seeing that you are also going back to battle, it is better to go back, this spear under this general is merciless!" ”

Zhao Chengxiao is also holding back his anger, he is also the chief general of the Chinese army, such a decisive battle before the battle is like child's play, so he can naturally send rough people such as "black-necked toad" and "Yangtze crocodile" to do it, why do you need to order yourself, so he replied angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, if you fight, I still have something to do." ”

Tian Baozhu heard that he was rude, and his anger was even greater, and he shouted, holding a spear, and stabbed at Zhao Chengxiao's torso.

Seeing this, Zhao Chengxiao sat motionless on the horse, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the direction where Tian Baozhu's spear came from, and when the head of the spear was only a foot away from him, he suddenly turned his upper body, dodged the tip of the gun, and clamped the barrel of the gun under his armpit.

It turned out that this Zhao Chengxiao was born with divine power, and after the personal allocation of Chi Lianghong, the chief lieutenant of the Martial Arts League, his kung fu was already extraordinary, and a brave man like Tian Baozhu was certainly not his opponent.

Therefore, Tian Baozhu missed the blow, and the weapon was made by the opponent, and his face was as red as a pig's liver, and he hurriedly held the gun with both hands and pulled it back hard. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chengxiao used strength under his armpit, and no matter how hard Tian Baozhu pulled, the spear did not move at all.

Such a scene was very embarrassing, and the soldiers watching the battle—not only the officials of the imperial court, but even the Lingnan army—burst into laughter.

Tian Baozhu was even more embarrassed, and suddenly remembered that he was still wearing a treasure knife, so he skimmed the spear, pulled out the treasure knife suddenly, and slashed at Zhao Chengxiao's shoulder.

Zhao Chengxiao reacted very quickly, and immediately drew the Western Regions Treasure Knife that had been drawn out of the scabbard to meet Tian Baozhu's blade, and cut off the war knife in an instant, then turned the blade sideways, cut the helmet on his head in two, and said: "You are not my opponent, go back!" ”

Tian Baozhu has always been extremely conceited about his martial arts, and today he was defeated without any suspense in front of nearly 100,000 horses, so there will be no room for his own foothold in the Lingnan army in the future. So he gritted his teeth, suddenly jumped up from his horse, and almost threw himself at Zhao Chengxiao in his hands.

Zhao Chengxiao was also stunned when he saw him desperate like this, but in an instant, his instinct to survive and defeat the enemy was stimulated, and he raised the Western Regions Treasure Knife in his hand, and pierced Tian Baozhu, who jumped up, and a warm blood immediately gushed out from the wound. Tian Baozhu's whole body was full of vitality and blood, which was lost from his tall exorcism, and he convulsed twice in the pool of blood lying on the ground, and finally died.

In this way, the two rounds of life and death were over in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers watching the battle on both sides were all stunned, and after a long time, the officers and soldiers broke out into thunderous cheers.

Qiu Yizhi heard the cheers behind the battle, and knew that it must be Zhao Chengxiao's victory, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to beat the war drums of the whole army, and ordered all the soldiers to shout loudly to boost our morale.