At this juncture, a cannon suddenly rang out in the official camp, several camp doors were opened, and the leading general, wearing a red robe and gold armor, led thousands of elite horsemen to suddenly kill from the camp - it was the commander of the forbidden army, the former general Dai Luanxiang, who took the lead and personally led the army to raid the enemy.

However, at this time, the formation of the Youyan army changed, and there was an inevitable chaos for a moment, and the crossbowmen and infantry were mixed together, restraining each other, unable to resist effectively.

Qiu Yizhi could see clearly behind the formation, it turned out that Dai Luanxiang had already expected that the crossbowmen would be the first in the field battle, which was not conducive to attacking the fortifications, and he would definitely change the formation at that time. Therefore, when he was about to fail, he made a desperate bet and personally led the troops to intercept and kill.

It was not easy for the Han Dynasty to obtain military horses, and the cavalry of the forbidden army was originally the elite of the elite; Coach Dai Luanxiang took the lead and personally led the army, and the morale became more and more high; The timing of the assault was extremely accurate, so he broke into the line of Youyan's army in one fell swoop, and wantonly slashed and killed crossbowmen and pawns who had no heavy armor on their bodies.

Qiu Yizhi, who was sitting on a horse and commanding, was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly gave the order to go down, causing the crossbowmen and light armored infantry in the front row to quickly disperse backwards. The rebellious general Wei Hu led the heavy infantry of the rear battalion to move forward immediately, and with the thick armor and sharp blade, he contained the cavalry led by Dai Luanxiang. Ling Zheng Sen led his cavalry to quickly attack from the right side of the army and outflank Dai Luanxiang's left flank.

Wei Hu and Zheng Sen received the order, and immediately led their soldiers to act according to Qiu Yizhi's instructions, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Dai Luanxiang, who was advancing alone.

Qiu Yizhi was a little relieved when he saw such a scene, because he knew that it was a trivial matter to be able to eliminate one or two hundred thousand forbidden troops of the imperial court here, and if he could capture or kill the leading marshal Dai Luanxiang alive, then the entire territory of Henan, or even the entire Han Dynasty, would no longer have the opponent of the righteous father and the prince, which could be called the first merit of rebellion.

Just when Qiu Yi's heart was secretly proud, there was another cannon fire in the official camp, and thousands of infantry howled out from the camp gate, and attacked the rear of the Youyan cavalry that attacked the rear of the official army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qiu Yizhi personally gathered the lightly armored soldiers who had just retreated from the battle line, turned around and re-entered the battle.

All of a sudden, the imperial forbidden army and the Youyan army were in a mess like you have me and I have you. At this moment, no matter how elaborate strategy and tactics may be, they have lost their effect, and war has returned to its primitive killing nature. Everyone in this killing game, whether high or low, is nothing more than tiny steel teeth on the gears of two giant meat grinders, rolling and hurting each other, just to see the red sun rising on the horizon tomorrow.

The two armies fought for a morning, and they were both hungry. But when the people in the battle array thought that the war had entered the white heat now, if they relaxed a little, they would become wheat grains in the two grinding discs, and they would suddenly turn into powder!

At this moment, Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, who was pressing the formation behind, rushed quickly from behind the battlefield under the protection of countless personal guards.

Zheng Rong did not enter the battle formation, surrounded by guards, walked to a place only five or six steps away from the battlefield, cleared his throat, and shouted forward: "The Youyan army listens to my orders, stop quickly. Marshal Dai opposite, can you listen to a lonely word? ”

Zheng Rong spoke with a full of energy, and was born with a majesty that Ling Ran could not ignore, which was especially prominent in the monotonous shouting and killing. With this shout, not only did the Youyan army stop the simple action of waving the weapons in their hands, but even the officials and soldiers of the imperial court also stopped fighting and stood quietly in place, only their nerves did not dare to relax easily.

Dai Luanxiang, who was fighting in the same formation, heard Zheng Rong's shout, and saw that Sergeant Youyan had really stopped fighting, so he also ordered his subordinates to rest for a while, and asked loudly: "Dai Luanxiang is here, I don't know what advice the prince has?" ”

Zheng Rong shouted just now, his voice was a little hoarse, he coughed a few times, and replied: "Marshal Dai is a person who knows the art of war. Now that the war has reached a stalemate, any further killing of each other will only increase casualties, and there is no point in it. Why don't you and I collect our troops and return to the camp and make an appointment to fight another day? ”

Dai Luanxiang also knew that even if he fought until the night, he would not be able to take advantage of it, and even if he won, it would only be a tragic victory of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 himself. Therefore, without hesitation, he agreed: "The prince has the virtue of a good life!" In this case, I will wait for Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and ask the prince for advice another day! ”

Zheng Rong listened, nodded, and said, "It's easy to say." He ordered the soldiers who were in charge of the orders beside him to sound the copper hammer and order Sergeant Youyan to line up and return to the camp.

At the same time, there was also the sound of metal knocking in the forbidden army camp opposite.

When the officers and men of the two officers heard the order, they carried the wounded comrades-in-arms and the bodies of the dead under the organization of their respective officers, separated from the battle formation, lined up in formation, and silently returned to the camp.

Calm returned to the empty wilderness, leaving only a pool of blood, telling the bloody story that had happened in the field not long ago.

After Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, and the former general Dai Luanxiang personally broke off for their own army, they saw that their men and horses had retreated safely, so they fought each other on the horse.

I only heard Dai Luanxiang say: "The prince is not strange to the last general. In today's battle, even if it is as strong as Youyan's army, if it can beat the general so embarrassed, I am afraid that among the generals in the world, there are no more than ten people. The last general saw that the prince was only watching the battle behind the battle today, but he didn't know which famous general he was under his command, can he be introduced? ”

When Zheng Rong heard this, he looked up to the sky and smiled, then beckoned Qiu Yizhi and introduced to Dai Luanxiang: "The famous general that Marshal Dai said is the son of the lonely moth. "Again, to the way of Qiu Yi, "Quick! Why don't you come to meet Marshal Dai? ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, and hurriedly drove forward, and said on the horse: "Down is Qiu Yizhi, today I am instructed!" ”

Dai Luanxiang raised his eyes and saw that Qiu Yizhi was only in his early twenties, and thought that it was the young man in front of him who commanded today's thrilling battle, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The future is terrible, the future is terrible!" ”

Then they said a few more words to one another, and then they shook each other on their horses, and each of them turned his horse back to the camp.

Qiu Yizhi returned to the camp with Zheng Rong and ordered his generals to count the losses of men and horses. In a short time, the results of the count were reported -- in today's battle, more than 1,300 soldiers were killed, more than 800 were seriously injured and could no longer fight, and the rest were slightly injured 2,000 or 3,000. And the casualties on the side of the officers and soldiers are always around 5,000. Compared with the two, it is actually a tiebreaker.

Qiu Yizhi received the results of the count, so he hurriedly met Zheng Rong and handed over the report.

Zheng Rong took the battle report with just a few strings of numbers, hesitated for a long time, and then asked Qiu Yidao: "How?" How do you feel about today's war? ”

Qiu Yizhi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Dai Luanxiang really deserves his reputation. What is used in the ceremony is the skillful tactics that our army has practiced many times. And as soon as he made a little contact, he could find the weakness of the crossbowman's lack of protection, and he personally led the cavalry to raid at the right time, turning defeat into victory, which is indeed rare! ”

Qiu Yizhi said halfway, and he continued: "If it is an ordinary army, it will be demoralized by the crossbowmen in a few volleys; Even if it can withstand it, it can't withstand the two-sided attack of our army's strong soldiers and cavalry. Two days ago, the officers and troops were still crushed under the surprise attack of our army; Two days later, there was only one more Dai Luanxiang, and he had the spare strength to fight with our army without stopping. It can be seen that in addition to using military powers, this Dai Luanxiang is also very popular with the military, otherwise how can he command the army and operate his hands and feet? ”

Zheng Rong nodded with a smile while listening, and said, "I didn't expect that Yizhi would have such a harvest in a hasty battle." Don't be killed by that Dai Luanxiang, do you dare to fight with him again? ”

Qiu Yizhi shook his head and said, "Father-in-law, please forgive Yizhi for being rude, this is not something that you dare to do." Dai Luanxiang is so strong, even if our army can win in battle, it will be a bitter victory. Although he was able to defeat Dai Luanxiang, he was unable to send troops to the Central Plains. But after all, the imperial court has a large number of soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, it will be able to send a large army to encircle and suppress it, and then I will be completely passive. ”

Qiu Yizhi's words made Zheng Rong silent. But he saw Zhong Likuang holding the curtain with his left hand and shaking the folding fan with his right hand, walked into the Chinese army's tent, and said: "Yizhi's words are quite progressive and reasonable. The student said something unpleasant, although we have a righteous reputation, but in the eyes of the imperial court, we are still just a group of anti-thieves. I really can't afford to lose, and I can't afford to drag it out! ”

Zheng Rong sighed and said, "Mr. Zhongli and Qiu Yizhi said the truth, how can Lone not understand? However, the Dai Luanxiang in front of him can't get around, and everything next to him is just empty talk. ”

Zhong Li Kuang has always been commensurate with Zheng Rong as a literary friend, unlike Qiu Yizhi who stood and answered him with restraint, but took care of himself and found a chair, sat down, and said slowly: "The word 'winding' is good for the prince!" Dai Luanxiang is not the imperial court, and not all of the imperial court are Dai Luanxiang. The Art of War: 'A hundred battles are won, and those who are not good are also good; A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good'. If you want to defeat Dai Luanxiang, you don't need to fight him with a knife and a shot on the battlefield! ”

When Zheng Rong heard this, he knew that the resourceful Zhong Likuang had a clever plan in his heart, but it was just a sale, so he got up and said: "Mr. must have a good plan, please give me advice!" ”

Zhong Li Kuang hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Students don't dare to be. I just want to ask how the prince saved this Dai Luanxiang back then? ”

Zheng Rong slowly sat in the chair, contemplating while contemplating, and recalled: "That was still the time of the First Emperor Divine Sect. I remember that it was the fourteenth year of Shenzong, when there was a great drought in the Turks, so he went south from Hetao through Shanshan Road. I remember that at that time, the envoy of the Shanxi Festival was Li Jun, who was the most incompetent and cowardly, and as soon as he heard that the Turks were attacking, he fled alone into the Dasan Pass. The Shanxi army was also quickly defeated and retreated without a leader, and only Dai Luanxiang, who was only a lieutenant at that time, led the troops and horses to resist stubbornly, which only won three days. So that the first emperor sent Gu to reorganize the army and defeat the Turkic army under the Dasan Pass, so as not to destroy the lives of the people in the capital. ”