It was not yet dawn, and the sky was foggy. The round moon still hung over the south-west plain, as if to indicate the direction of the army of Yandu City.

Three days had passed since the rebels left the city of Jinguanfu, and there were torches everywhere near the barracks, like stars, and dogs from near and far barked incessantly, mixed with the sound of people and horses, which was extremely noisy.

The pine torches illuminated the surroundings, and black smoke filled the firelight.

At this time, a spy with a black chess banner walked up quickly, hugged his fists and said, "Commander, the official and military camp of Yandu City has been opened!" ”

"How many enemies?"

"More than 100,000."

Yang Qi listened, looked back and said, "Although there are 100,000 troops in Yandu City, most of them are recruits who have not experienced the battlefield, and our army can be defeated in one battle, according to the current marching speed, the battlefield arrived is suitable for our cavalry to fight." Now it's time for the decisive battle. ”

He spoke neither fast nor slowly, not loudly, but with penetrating power, as if he had a chance to win, full of confidence.

Tai Yuanyi's gaze turned over, and Zhengse nodded.

Yang Qi raised his hand and said, "Order the whole army, go!" ”

In a short time, the vigorous sound of trumpets near the barracks echoed in the mist. The torches, which were like stars, began to move one after another.

Yang Qi turned over and rode on his war horse, commanding Ying Ce to ride, and went straight out of the barracks. They rode southwest, faster than the army, and soon climbed the hillside about three or four miles away.

Yang Qi rode his horse to the edge of the hillside and looked at the surroundings again. The east side has turned white, but the sky is not yet bright, and the fog in the line of sight is not very clear. This is already the border of Yandu City, and Yang Qi has been here for several days, but he has not encountered a completely foggy day in the morning.

However, the slope of the hill faces northwest, is about three miles long and more than a mile deep, and is located on a large hillside, and the terrain is very flat and empty.

There is a large gap at the southern edge, which is the gentlest part.

Yang Qi turned around and looked in the direction of the north and west. There was a great light, and it was the heavy men and horses of the rebel army, and a small part of the army. They did so at the back, to a dense forest higher in the east. There are a total of seven or eight thousand baggage soldiers, and they generally do not go into battle to fight hard, so when marching, the baggage soldiers have to cook and do a lot of work.

Now the women's battalion has been officially disbanded, and a logistics baggage battalion has been set up to specialize in transporting food, cooking and other manual work.

Yang Qi stood at the edge of the hillside, surrounded by rebel troops except for the large slope to the west. Looking around, the countless phalanx of foot riders undulated slightly, extending into the distance, and there was no end in sight.

From the heights, you can see the downhill slopes and plains to the west. There was a faint sound in the sky, like a muffled thunder that continued to sound in the distance, and the "buzzing ......" did not stop for a moment.

Yang Qi looked closely, and could already see countless figures faintly shaking on the horizon. It is estimated that the front of the enemy army is at least a few miles wide, and it is vague and unclear, as if the sea water on the seashore has filled it!

Although the enemy army has been seen, it will be a long time before it really gets closer. Yang Qi and most of the generals waited silently, and the infantry were in their positions, some sitting and squatting, some standing. The cavalry stood motionless next to the horses.

Yang Qi left the hillside and rode his horse to continue to wander between the phalanxes. From time to time, he said a few words loudly to the soldiers, and countless people responded, and the earth-shaking shouts rose and fell one after another on the endless plain.

On the opposite side of the south side was a large dense mountain forest, and at some point a fire broke out, and the fire spread like a curved line of fire towards the mountain. The black smoke was very large, and from a distance, it looked like a black cloud in the middle of a mountain forest.

Three hours later, a large number of officers and soldiers in Yandu City had already come into sight. The battle that opened was very large, maybe five miles wide! The large array of officials and troops in Yandu City is located in the southwest direction of the rebel army, as far as the eye can see, and there are many gun arrays.

The fire would not be extinguished for a while, and then another scout reported that a large number of woods were also on fire! The light cavalry of Yandu City fired a large number of rockets into the woods, and many mountains and forests were ablazed. Yang Qi looked to the north and saw that the fire over there was fierce, and billowing black smoke covered the sky, as if night was falling.

At this time, Yang Qi had already ridden his horse to the camp. The surrounding soldiers sat or squatted, and the war came, in order to ease the tense atmosphere, at this time, the soldiers were not required to abide by military discipline too much, as long as they did not leave their positions casually, and even the thousands of households were temporarily surrounded by branches around the latrine, and they could go to the toilet if they wanted to.

Yang Qi shouted to the soldiers here, "Du Chunfeng is as timid as a mouse, burning the barren mountain, I'm afraid that I will have ambush soldiers!" ”

"Hahaha......" many soldiers laughed. Under the pressure of the enemy soldiers like a sea of people, the laughter of the men made the atmosphere seem to relax a little.

Yang Qi shouted again, "In this battle, our army will win!" ”

Some of the generals of the rebel army took the lead in shouting first, and all the soldiers also shouted, "Victory!" Victory......" shouts seemed to echo across the distant volcano.

There are some veterans of Shangyun Town in the rebel army, and they are also fellow villagers, so they naturally know Yang Qi. However, there are still some soldiers of Long Chengge who have not seen him, and this morning Yang Qi turned the entire military camp in one go, and all the soldiers recognized his appearance.

Five hours later, countless people and horses of the officials and soldiers of Yandu City were already in front of them, and the dust and fog were rolling on the ground, and they were all men and horses! However, the number of rebels was also quite large, and there were people everywhere. No one knows who has the most people, and the position of the two sides is too low!

The rumbling drums and horses' hooves became louder and louder, and the trumpets were mixed with orchestral blowing. After a while, I saw countless phalanxes, from time to time swords flashed, and arrows rained down like locusts.

A large number of infantry and cavalry of the officers and troops of Yandu City had already come up from the gentle plain in the south, and they were only a few hundred paces away from the rebel army in front of them, and they were still approaching. In an instant, the battle was already loud.

Every thousand people is a military formation, forming a huge phalanx. In front of the large phalanx were some sword and shield soldiers.

Qian is a veteran of Shangyun Town, from Ansan County to Yanchuan County, he has killed countless enemies along the way, and now he has been promoted to a hundred generals, commanding a group of newly recruited recruits.

At this moment, he was staring at the battle that was about to be fought in the distance, and his eyes were indifferent. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a horse galloped over from the gap in the phalanx and said to a general, "Great commander's order, the big drum in the south is beating, and you will immediately attack the enemy's flank!" ”

"Order!"

The general shouted a few more times in the middle of the large phalanx, and his own soldiers ran everywhere to give orders. After receiving an answer from 1,000 households and 100 households, he returned.

After a while, Qian Zheng said loudly, "Brothers, follow the banner of the general, the queue can't be messed up!" Those who retreat from the battlefield will not be merciless under military law! ”

"Knock, knock, knock......" The biggest drum sounded slowly in the distance.

The general's desperate shouts were also heard: "Forward!" ”

Qian Zheng gave the order, the drum-wielding sergeant beat, and the surrounding drums "rumbled ......" into one sound, and the group of recruits followed the drums and began to move forward according to the steps of the queue they had trained in the previous months.

The sound of neat footsteps one after another kept ringing in the growing noise. I don't know how long later, there were several loud roars in the distance.

From time to time, there was a whistling sound in the sky, and Qian Zheng couldn't help but look up as he walked, and saw a huge stone flying overhead.

With a loud bang, the stone struck a large tree not far away, and the tree shook violently, the branches broke off, and the few dead leaves left on it flew into the air. Between the lightning and flint, the stone fell slightly into the crowd!

Immediately, there was a scream with a cry.

Suddenly, there was a "bang", and the military formation was chaotic. A blood mist rose in the ranks not far away, and one recruit was smashed to a blur of flesh and blood before he could make a sound, and another man, who didn't know where he was hit by a cannonball, immediately hissed and shouted, "Ah......hh

The voice was very familiar, Qian Zheng knew that person, it was a farmer from Longcheng Pavilion, and this was his first time on the battlefield. That man was also unlucky, he had only been on the battlefield for a while, and he didn't even see the enemy soldiers clearly.

There was also a boulder that smashed into the grass between the teams, and the ground shook a little!

Qian Zheng saw that the team was a little chaotic, and immediately shouted angrily.

"Don't be afraid, you can't kill a few people! Whoever dares to retreat will not be forgiven! ”