Between the mountains and mountains, countless dense figures staggered and killed together, the Qing army with a small number was divided into several pieces by the Ming army in black clothes and light armor, and the Ming army on the periphery was not in a hurry to annihilate it, but kept holding spears to compress the space of the Qing army.

The spear of the Ming army is two zhang long, a spear must be lifted by two soldiers, they form a spear array, countless spears are intensively rushing towards the Qing army, the short knife of the Qing army has no effect at all, can only continue to shrink backwards, several times want to break through, but left a corpse, what is more deadly is that in the dense spear array gap, sometimes there will be some crossbow Ming troops continue to fire feather arrows, in a burst of breaking the air, and sporadic Qing troops turned into corpses, which is terrifying.

This unprecedented spear formation made the Qing army at a loss for a while, and they were in a position of being beaten everywhere, and they didn't even know how to counterattack.

Guizhou Admiral Yuan Rang's hat and helmet had disappeared, the braid on the back of his head had been cut off, and the nail armor on his body had been cut off a few pieces, and he held a bloody long knife, intending to command his subordinates to break through again. He roughly estimated the remaining troops, estimated the time, the whole 10,000 recruits have been slaughtered nearly half, the spies sent out for help are now at most Kalun, to wait for the king of Pingxi to lead the army to come to the rescue, at least one day, if you don't break through, these people are afraid that they will be slaughtered by the Ming army within half a day, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "If you want to live with Lao Tzu to the northeast corner." ”

The northeast corner was the most vulnerable position of the spear formation, Yuan Rang decided to fight hard, the Qing soldiers gathered around him were three thousand, and with his roar, the timid recruits followed after hesitation, brandishing long knives and roaring like a whirlwind and clouds. ///

On a small hill, Li Dingguo led a cadre of generals and colonels to look down on the battle situation, and at the moment when the torrent of the Qing army rushed to the northeast corner. Li Dingguo stroked his beard, closed his eyes and said: "Wu Sangui claims to have many soldiers and generals, according to this king, these soldiers are just wine bags and rice bags, if he sticks to and waits for help, maybe he can support for a moment more, but he wants to kill himself, pass the order, and close the net!" ”

At the foot of the hill, the remnants of Yuan Rang were frantically brandishing knives and spears and had rushed into the spear formation in the northeast corner. Yuan Rang took the lead, shook his long knife, blocked a spear, and was about to roar to boost morale. At this time, a sudden sound of horses' hooves was heard.

took advantage of the Qing army's stunned kung fu. The sparse spear array suddenly dispersed, and what caught Yuan Rang's eyes was hundreds of sprinting war horses sprinting towards him.

It seems to be a way to live, but in fact, it is a dead end, and Yuan Rang's pupils gradually contracted. A galloping horse sprinted towards him, the knight's waving saber glistening in the sun. The saber was raised high, and the knight made a move to stab the ground at any time, and in an instant, Yuan Rang remembered his days in Shanhaiguan, when Wu Sangui was still Ping Xibo of Emperor Chongzhen's edict, and he was still a nobody in Shanhaiguan, wearing the same armor as these Ming soldiers who surrounded and suppressed him. Immediately after that, he became Wu Sangui's personal soldier, and two years later, Wu Sangui gathered all the generals. An alarming order was announced. He saw that seven or eight generals had drawn their waist knives after being stunned. At this time, he and dozens of personal soldiers swarmed up and killed all these disobedient people.

Wu Sangui turned into a king, became the king of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Rang also became a guerrilla because of this purge, Guanning iron cavalry like a torrent and the Eight Banners, rushed into Guanzhong, turned to Shaanxi, Sichuan, into Yunnan, standing at the head of countless people, Yuan Rang became the governor of Guizhou, but also the right-hand man of the king of Pingxi, and today, it is also the end of his brilliant life.

"Haha!" Yuan Rang frantically put the knife across his chest and made a blocking motion, this may be retribution, Yuan Rang remembered the countless human heads that he had cut off.

Boom! Under the powerful inertia, hundreds of cavalry rushed into the formation of the Qing soldiers, and then the cold light drew a half-arc in the air, and blood splashed everywhere!

The formation of the Qing soldiers was scattered, the ruthless sabre was like a scythe for harvesting wheat, and the tragic howl vibrated everyone's eardrums, and the sun was shining, but the underground was a pool of blood.

Yuan Rang was rushed by the cavalry and flew away, the long knife in his hand was long gone, he grunted and wanted to get up, but there was a concentrated pain in the ribs on his chest, and the scattered braids on the back of his head were draped on his forehead, and the tips of the hair pierced his face, making him itch unbearably.

It's over, everything is over, for the sake of glory he did not hesitate to become a lackey, for the sake of wealth he resolutely cut off his braids, and his body was affected by his parents, this sentence was just a bullshit in his heart, but it was still over, glory and wealth passed by the clouds, and the building collapsed again. At this time, he suddenly remembered a sentence in the play: A beautiful woman, why should she be a thief?

Yes, I fought bravely, I read books, I know a few big characters, and I am a well-known man wherever I put it, but why should I be a thief?

After the cavalry rushed to kill, it was followed by several rows of gunners, who held the bursting guns with a very fast rate of fire, and shot all living creatures on the battlefield where the cavalry ploughed through the bloody roads, and several gunners found him, and the gunners had already put on the lead shot gunpowder, and the black gunners were aimed at Yuan Rang, and they shouted one, two, three very seriously. //

Bang bang! Several lead pellets shot into Yuan Rang's head, and the flesh and blood were blurred!

After experiencing a victory, Li Dingguo's spirit is much better, here is surrounded by valleys, mixed with a huge open space in the middle, it is the perfect terrain for the decisive battle, 20,000 Dingbei troops suddenly ambushed in the mountains, and deliberately led a small group of people to lead the Yuan Rang army to pursue, followed by a cannon sound, the figure in the mountains and forests is longing, countless Dingbei troops rushed down from the mountain, the Qing army was divided into encirclement, and finally ate it in one bite.

Li Dingguo's deployment in this battle was very precise, and the victory did not make him feel too much joy, and tomorrow, he will have a decisive battle with his old opponent, Wu Sangui, in this place, which is the real key.

The Dingbei army is only 20,000 people, but Wu Sangui is 50,000 people, although they come from afar, the Dingbei army has taken advantage of the geographical advantage, the two armies are facing each other, and the Dingbei army is still more defeated and less victorious. The key to tomorrow's decisive battle is whether the reinforcements from Haidu can arrive on time, which is the focus of the secret decree from the emperor's flying pigeon.

Haidu is seven or eight days away from Dingbei, which Li Dingguo knows, and Wu Sangui knows it even more. Therefore, Wu Sangui would definitely think that the current enemy was only the Dingbei Army, and when Chen Bing of the Dingbei Army was going to fight him here, this old fox would definitely use all his strength to try to eliminate Li Dingguo in one fell swoop. However, what if a reinforcement from Haidu suddenly came to them from the rear of the Wu army in the middle of the battlefield?

Li Dingguo believed that when the two armies were facing each other, the rear of Wu's army suddenly suffered an impact. The whole army will definitely collapse, and there are mountains and mountains everywhere, and once it retreats, the Wu army will become a turtle in an urn. Wu Sangui's old book can be lost.

What worries Li Dingguo the most is how Haidu's reinforcements can reach the battlefield within two days. Unless the reinforcements are all cavalry, it is obvious that the number of horses in Haidu City will never exceed 5,000, and even if all the horses are recruited, they will only be 5,000 infantry on horses. Relying on these forces to assault the rear of the Wu army is obviously not feasible.

It's definitely a risky move. Because once the reinforcements can not arrive on time, then after the fierce battle, the Dingbei army with few soldiers will be defeated by the Wu army sooner or later, if the Dingbei army is annihilated, then the entire northern Burma portal will be opened, and the sea capital city will become the battlefield of the Wu army. It's only a matter of time before it's captured.

After thinking clearly about the consequences of tactical success or failure. Li Dingguo sighed again, this is the emperor's will. It's not something he can change, now that the arrows have been wound, and there are no turning arrows after the bow is opened, no matter what, this battle will be fought.

The battlefield was cleaned up quickly, after burying the dead bodies and settling the prisoners and wounded soldiers, some generals went into the big tent to report the results of the battle, and Li Dingguo ordered to bury the pot and make food, and after the whole army rested and waited for the decisive battle tomorrow.

In the early morning, the fog in the valley gradually dispersed in the sun, and the dew dipped wet the faces of the soldiers, wetting their banner armor and robes, and the 20,000 Dingbei troops shot a long dragon, holding bows and building, and waiting for the arrival of the Qing army with long knives unsheathed.

No one spoke, everyone held their spears, clenched the long knives in their hands, and raised their steel crossbows and fire guns. The sun and moon flags were wet with dew and shriveled on the flagpole, and the sound of birds could be heard in the distant mountains, and occasionally someone would cough or two.

With the clear sound of horses' hooves, the scout on a flying horse emerged from the dense fog in the distance.

"Report! Marshal, the thief army is already five miles away, and it will arrive in an hour. ”

"Probe!" Li Dingguo was wearing a rusty bronze armor, riding on a horse, with a long sword diagonally stuck in his waist, which was the armor he wore ten years ago, and now, he was going to turn over his horse and join the battle in person.

"Yes!" The scout gasped twice, galloped to the horse, turned over and jumped on the horse, the whip of the horse, and with the sound of the horse's snort in pain, the scout had jumped into the mist.

Li Dingguo took a deep breath, he was the first face-to-face decisive battle with Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo's usual way to deal with this old opponent was constant temptation, and constant surprise attacks, he couldn't even fight to the death with this national thief in a dignified manner, now, it's time to have a good fight.

There is still an hour, the Wu army is coming, and after an hour and a half, the two armies will be strangled together, and they will not die. Li Dingguo was not much excited, and was more anxious in his heart, when will the reinforcements come? Two hours? Three hours? Five hours, perhaps? One day? The secret decree said that the emperor would also personally drive the expedition, and the emperor has always expected things like a god, so it shouldn't be too late.

"Dashuai, look, that's Wu Jun's probe." One of the generals behind him pointed his finger into the distance and exclaimed.

Directly in front of the Long Snake Formation, a scout in Qing army uniform loomed in the faint fog and stopped his horse, concentrating on observing the battle formation of the Ming army.

"Dashuai, do you want someone to shoot him down with a steel crossbow?" Someone can't wait to jump on the horse and try to kill this daring spy.

Normally, the spies ride fast horses, and when they are detectives, they can even go to the enemy's front to investigate, as long as they do not enter the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, there is no danger. However, at this time, the Dingbei Army was equipped with a new type of steel crossbow, and the target within 80 zhang could be taken down, so it was not unreasonable for the self-confidence of the pro-soldiers who spoke.

"No need, let him watch." Li Dingguo squinted slightly, since it was a match, this scout was no matter how closely he observed, there was no need to take a scout to take it.

The Qing scouts turned their horses away after watching for a while, and then, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the valley, and thousands of Qing knights entered the battlefield, and they began to stabilize their positions two hundred zhang outside the long snake formation, and confronted the Ming soldiers.

"Even the Iron Riders have been dispatched." Li Dingguo stroked the horse's neck and said with a smile: "It seems that Wu Sangui really mobilized the army to compete with us here." ”

"Hmph, Wu Thief's cavalry may have been able to dominate the past in the past, but now that we have a spear array and a musket steel crossbow, we are not afraid of his cavalry assault, he dares to come, and the spear team of the last general guarantees that they will not return." A veteran said behind Li Dingguo.

The spear team and the fire gun battalion of the Ming army are newly formed troops, due to the support of Haidu, there are hundreds of boxes of new ordnance from Haidu every month, new artillery, steel crossbows, firearms, and even processed and improved spears have begun to be installed in the Dingbei Army, the soldiers within the Dingbei Army soon discovered the wonders of these weapons, and the enemies of various weapons are also different, such as those spears that are two feet long, on the surface they are both bulky and can not dance, However, if two soldiers were to be raised and stabbed one after the other, it would be a sharp weapon against cavalry, not to mention steel crossbows and firearms.

The sun gradually became hot, the fog became lighter and thinner, and finally was blown away by a gust of morning wind, at this time, Wu Sangui's army also began to enter the battlefield, more than 50,000 people in the bustling long snake array opposite, the forefront began to set up a high shield, this is the Wu army research out of the special restraint of steel crossbows, fire guns, although the effect is not good, but it is also one of the only ways for the Wu army to deal with this new weapon.

Wu Sangui was sandwiched behind countless large shields, observing the enemy army in the distance through the gap between the shields, although he found Li Dingguo's main force, but Yuan Rang's annihilation of the whole army did not make him much more interested, and in the whole process of marching, he has been thinking about a question, that is, after Yuan Rang's whole army was annihilated, the Dingbei Army obviously had enough time to get out of the battlefield, but why did Li Dingguo, who has always been elusive, not leave, but waited for himself here?

What's the conspiracy here? Wu Sangui couldn't guess it, but he was absolutely unwilling to give up this opportunity for a decisive battle, whether there was a conspiracy or not, he had to come.