Yang Qi led the cavalry to withdraw from the southern battlefield, and the infantry army also escorted the prisoners, took away the wounded soldiers on both sides, and retreated one mile one after another, and the fighting stopped a little.

The hazy sun is in the sky. Yang Qi sent people to the back hillside and asked the baggage team to cook and deliver food. Under the arrangement of the civilian staff of the battalion, the baggage soldiers and the servants pushed the carts in an orderly manner, and the carts were piled with rice buckets and buckets. For every 100 households, about ten husbands and servants were uniformly distributed, waiting for the soldiers of each team.

Yang Qi and the generals sat cross-legged by the war horses, eating the same thing. A large ball of rice is served on a cabbage leaf, on top of which are a few pieces of pickles and a small piece of boiled bacon.

The soldiers took out the spoons from their waist pockets and wiped them clean and ate them, and there were a lot of supplies in the Longcheng Pavilion, and each soldier was assigned a lot of small tools, knives, flints, spoons and other things.

"Pour some cool, dry water." Zhang Yan handed over the cowhide water bag and shouted.

Countless soldiers of the rebel army squatted or sat on the ground, burying their heads in eating. Scout riding on the edge of the hillside, eating a few bites, while looking up at the situation in the distance, like a vigilant deer.

At this time, a scout rode over from between the camps, dismounted and hugged his fists and said: "Commander, the enemy army in Yandu City is approaching our army's camp, and the number is extremely numerous!" ”

Yang Qi stood up and said, "General Zhang, General Xing, you commander Yingce cavalry to patrol the enemy army in the south. Mr. Tai and I went back to the army barracks. ”

"The last general will wait for the order!"

Yang Qi put down the vegetable leaves and rode north with a group of people.

They hurried towards the camp of the army, and before they could reach the place, they saw many officers and soldiers marching slowly to the east. On the side of the large army barracks, there is a steep hill below the main camp.

Further down there is a large gentle slope, some sparse small trees that have not grown, and dark green grass.

The entire slope is more than a mile deep, and even if the official army reaches the bottom of the hillside, it will not be a matter of time and a half if they want to attack it from above.

Yang Qi saw many soldiers on the side standing up and watching. He cried out: "Let the brethren finish eating!" ”

He rode his horse and watched, glancing from time to time on the plain. After a long while, he suddenly turned his head and asked, "Who was the first general to enter the infantry formation of the official army in the south before?" ”

After a while, among the cavalry soldiers who had dismounted and stood on the ground, a descendant who was estimated to be less than twenty years old stood up, not tall, with a national character face and sharp edges on his face, he hugged his fists and said: "The last general's right-wing vanguard Qianhu Chang Sang Yezhen, the southern battlefield in the morning, the last general rushed to the front, shouting will win!" ”

The face is a little red and nervous, but the voice is loud and energetic.

Yang Qi nodded and said, "Sang Qianhu, you did a good job, I remember this name." ”

Sang Ye was really praised, his expression was even more excited, his speech was a little slurred, but his voice became louder and louder, "The last general is from Pingcheng County, Ansan County, and he has been following the commander to fight on the battlefield, and this time I didn't expect to be able to kill the enemy in the ......"

Yang Qi raised his hand and directly interrupted Sang Yezhen's self-introduction and battlefield feelings, and looked directly at Sang Yezhen's eyes and said, "Do a good job, we have never lost so far." ”

Yang Qi didn't dare to lose, once he lost, he would definitely be doomed, so he couldn't lose, from disobedience to such a life, to now winning a hundred battles, he has a strong momentum.

This later life was immediately infected by his momentum, and by now he had already believed in Yang Qi...... Yang Qi often looks into the other party's eyes when he speaks, which makes people feel his sincerity and focus. But the record of winning a hundred battles is more effective than saying that it is out of the blue.

So much so that Yang Qi rode away from here, and Sang Yezhen was still looking at him.

At this time, below the barracks of the army, the first line of the official army had already reached the edge of the slope, about a mile away. The cavalry was behind the large infantry formation, and the small trebuchets were pulled in front of the large formation, which seemed to be being assembled.

"Whoosh...... There were several sounds of stones, and the huge stones flew into the air, fell to the steep slope, and rolled down the barren grass.

Then there were more loud noises, and more rocks fell.

"Ahh A scream came from not far away, and Yang Qi turned his head to see a rebel soldier lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, and rice grains and vegetable leaves scattered all over his face. The surrounding sergeants surrounded him and helped him up, but the sergeant's body had long since limp and did not move.

The expressions of the people who could see it changed dramatically. This kind of stone has limited lethality and low accuracy, but it has a long range and still has a deterrent effect.

"This place is very dangerous, please go to the camp." Tai Yuanyi's voice persuaded.

Yang Qi glanced at him, "snorted" and didn't speak, but he didn't mean to leave. How unlucky should it be to be hit by a rock more than a mile away?

The officer's and army's stone thrower is a lifeless projection. Yang Qi ordered: "Bring up the return cannon and shoot back at them!" ”

A military general was stunned for a moment, still clasping his fists and saying: "Order!" ”

Even a large stone thrower like a return cannon can't hit that far, and it can't reach the official army at all. So the general was a little hesitant just now, and finally didn't talk much.

After a while, large rocks rose above the slope, and the rebel stone throwers roared.

It doesn't matter whether it hits or not, anyway, in the depths of the camp, the vast majority of soldiers can't see the scene under the hillside. It just makes everyone feel that the two armies are shooting at each other with a catapult, and everyone is not just sitting here and being bombed.

Before the reconnaissance cavalry could report, the officers and soldiers rode into the mountains and forests north of the rebel camp. The terrain is complex, with rolling hills and ponds. Yang Qi asked the rear army to send troops to block it, and at the same time set fire to the forest everywhere.

In the afternoon, thick smoke was already in the mountains and forests to the north, and fires broke out in several places. Once the forest is burned, it cannot be extinguished in a day.

It's like the dense forest in the south, where a fire started early in the morning and is still burning. It was difficult for the army of the officers and soldiers to advance from the mountains and forests filled with smoke from the fires.

The trebuchets of the large array of officers and troops directly east kept throwing non-stop, and the roar continued for more than an hour. At this time, the official army attacked again from the south, and a large number of phalanxes under the hillside on this side still did not move.

The main force of the rebel army was in the middle of the barracks, and the officers and troops could only play a role if they attacked in a large number of phalanxes of tens of thousands of people. However, if the officers and soldiers want to climb a large slope of more than a mile to fight a decisive battle, such a decision seems too risky.

Yang Qi also did not order the troops to dive. The southern front had not collapsed, and most of the rebel army had not moved in the middle of the sloping barracks.

Under the continuous bombardment of a large number of trebuchets by the officers and soldiers, there were casualties in the ranks of the rebel army from time to time. But as the shelling continued, the soldiers gradually calmed down...... People always subconsciously follow experience. The trebuchet's stones, and inaccurate, may not kill a person by throwing it for half a day. The rebel army, numbering in the tens of thousands, has come back to its initial fears.