The cavalry of both sides flanked each other behind the infantry formation, and instead exposed a large open space in the center of the infantry formation of both sides, like the center of the eye of the raging storm. Of course, no cavalry dared to pass through the center of these two arrows, otherwise they would inevitably be shot into a sieve by strong bows and crossbows.

An Shouzhong looked at the barrels of those black holes and felt frightened, but the cavalry in the rear was fighting, and if he couldn't have a chance of winning here, he would definitely be defeated.

"Kill!"

The rebels were spears and jumping shield men in front, and crossbowmen in the rear threw arrows at a 45-degree angle, pressing towards the camp of the Hexi army.

Yan Xiaosi waved the yellow flag, the gunners lit the twists of several cannons, the muzzles rumbled and spewed fire, the shells exploded in the enemy formation, and the soldiers at the landing point were blown up and fell into local riots.

"Quick! Clean the chamber and continue the charge!"

An Shouzhong waved his knife on his horse and shouted, "This thing is dumb!" Rush over to me! Serve them!"

Li Siye decisively ordered: "The rifle and crossbow teams come forward!" Prepare for the second round of guns!"

The rebels held their shields horizontally and rushed towards the formation of the Tang army, and the crossbowmen continued to throw arrows in the rear, and the front positions of the two armies had begun to disarm, and the shields and spears began to collide fiercely. Yan Xiaosi ordered the soldiers to replace the projectiles with various iron slags, fragments, and even ceramic fragments, and use wooden pestles to poke them into the feeding and filling them.

"Quick, fire!"

The twist on the breech of the Xuanwu cannon sneered, and Li Siye ordered in a loud voice: "Rifle, the crossbow team retreats!" Give me the muzzle! ”

The soldiers quickly retreated into the gap between the artillery, and An Shouzhong's eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted as if he was about to be congested: "Quick! Disperse! Don't get together! ”

The muzzle of the cannon erupted with scorching flames, and no projectiles were fired, but a wall of countless fragments pushed many soldiers who rushed to the front to the ground, their thick iron armor could block the arrows, but could not stop the fragments pushed by the gunpowder, and for a moment the flesh and blood blurred the corpses and piled up.

An Shouzhong gritted his teeth and widened his eyes, brandishing a horizontal knife and shouting: "This thing can only sound after a cup of tea!" Keep killing me and dodge the black cylinder! “

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The cavalry on both flanks were killing happily, and since the arrays on both sides were distinct, they only fired arrows at each other in a diagonal line, and fought in a tug-of-war, and neither suffered too many casualties.

Li Guiren tore off the corner of his banner, wrapped it around his bleeding ears, gritted his teeth and said to the soldiers around him: "The Xiliang soldiers are really powerful, if they continue to kill us like this, they will only drag us to death, we might as well kill from the right side and go straight to the rear of the opponent's foot soldier formation, and we will definitely be able to win the battle!"

The subordinate general bowed down and asked, "This is equivalent to exposing the rear of General An Shouzhong to the enemy cavalry?"

"That's right," he said through gritted teeth, "then let's take one for one, and see who can collapse quickly!" Leave the victory to God! ”

As soon as his words fell, suddenly the riot in the rear was transmitted to the front like dominoes, Li Guiren turned back suddenly, and already saw hunting smoke and dust waving from the rear of the cavalry formation, and the flag behind the general led by the enemy army had a big "Zang" character written on it, and he directly charged to the back of his formation.

Duan Xiushi and Ma Phosphorus saw the sudden situation in the distance, and also took the opportunity to wave their knives and shout: "Kill!" Attack Li Guiren on both sides! ”

Zang Xiye's attack from behind caused chaos in the backs of the rebels, and Li Guiren had to fight again with a hint of luck, and the adjutant general hurriedly persuaded beside him: "General Li, withdraw!" The image of defeat has appeared, and it is necessary to save the strength! ”

Li Guiren angrily smashed the horsewhip and said loudly: "Knock the cymbal on An Shouzhong and let him withdraw!" I'll protect him! ”

Li Siye ordered the people and the oxen to pull the Xuanwu cannon back, the rifles of the two sides in front of them had already begun to clash, and the bronze cymbals in the rear of the rebels rang out, although it was not as shocking as the drum, but this sharp and long sound was more penetrating than the drum, and the soldiers were very happy to hear it, because they finally did not have to go forward to die.

He ordered the lieutenant general: "You lead the army to retreat in front, I will escort the battle behind, and Li Guiren will definitely protect us!" ”

The rebels quickly retreated, and although the retreat was very disjointed, there was no scattering and rout. Li Guiren used Tongluo cavalry to protect the two wings, and An Shouzhong specially sent an elite towing river to protect the infantry formation.

The Xuanwu cannons of Li Siye's army roared a few more times at the retreating enemy troops, and they had already ended their mission in this battle.

He rode in front of the banner and ordered: "The infantry pursues eight li, and the cavalry pursues thirty li." ”

As the two armies continued to throw arrows or engage each other in pursuit of the retreat, An Shouzhong placed the rear army transporting the baggage at the end of the line, and was forced by the Tagging River soldiers to engage the enemy troops who caught up with them with shields, and then abandoned them mercilessly.

These are all soldiers who have been forcibly recruited since they entered Guanzhong, or the Tang army captured in the Battle of Tongguan, veterans who have experienced a hundred battles are baby bumps no matter which side they look at, how can they be easily sacrificed.

Naturally, they had no combat effectiveness at all, and they were shot or surrendered almost as soon as they were left behind, and when the Hexi army approached again, these soldiers once again pushed the auxiliaries out. The entire Weihe River was littered with discarded corpses, and the war horses stepped back and forth to the dust and repeatedly rushed to kill. The elite soldiers guarding the rear wielded horizontal knives and shields to protect the rear wings, and the bows and crossbows in their hands could always accurately hit the Hexi soldiers who caught up.

Li Siye looked at the pergola in the distance, and asked with interest: "Who are the people who are guarding the rear of the loyal army?" ”

Duan Xiushi said next to him: "Doctor Qiyu, this is the Luoluo River, which means warrior in Turkic language, and is the most elite guard under the command of An Lushan, and the eight thousand warriors who dragged the river are all personally selected by him, and the general, captain, and brigade rate are all his righteous sons, and the generals and brigade leaders have accepted the soldiers under their command as their righteous sons, and they are all commensurate with righteous brothers, so it is difficult to break through the heroic and good fight. ”

"Not bad." Li Siye couldn't help but admire: "Is this the legendary brother who fights in battle, a father and son soldier?" Let the cavalry and infantry retreat, there will be no bargaining. ”

Duan Xiushi ordered the Hengfu team to blow the bronze trumpet, and the pursuing Hexi Army stopped, and on the way back to Fengxiang along the river beach, they collected the supplies and flags discarded by the rebels along the way.

Li Guiren and An Shouzhong finally got a chance to breathe, standing on the edge of the Wei River and supporting each other in shock, An Shouzhong muttered: "The Hexi Army is really strong, if it weren't for these 5,000 dragged down the river, the two of us don't know if we can return to Chang'an alive today." ”

"! In my opinion, half a catty! Li Guiren spat and said: "If it weren't for the fact that Li Siye had a fire-breathing black tube, today's victory and defeat would still be two words!" ”

An Shouzhong said again: "I'm afraid that in the future, I won't be able to take Fufeng County again, and Sanguan will be lost." The four passes of Qinchuan have already fallen into the hands of the Tang army, and Chang'an is afraid that it will not be able to hold it. ”

Li Guiren put his horizontal knife on the ground and said fiercely: "I have 30,000 iron horsemen in my hands, if it is in the mountains and rivers, it may not be an opponent, but in these 800 miles of passes, on the Pingchuan, anyone who wants to recapture Chang'an will have to return with a feather." ”

"Let's go, go back to Xianyang County first, and let Zhang Tongru send a letter to Luoyang to report, hoping that my father-in-law can send some more reinforcements over."

Li Siye ordered the troops to escort the prisoners and baggage back to Fengxiang City, this battle their own losses of more than 4,000 people, the enemy lost more than 20,000, in fact, before Li Guiren and An Shouzhong retreated, the number of rebels lost no more than 6,000, and it turned out that the biggest casualty of the army was in the process of retreating and retreating. If it weren't for the fact that there were many elite forces in the rebels, this number could have been even higher.

In addition to the captured crossbows and siege engines, there was also a considerable amount of armor, as well as a large number of banners of the rebels.

After An Lushan became emperor in Luoyang, he changed the colors of the flags and costumes a lot, and changed the school's flag and flag to cyan. This is not only to distinguish it from the banner of the Tang Army, but also to the reason why the five elements are mutually reinforcing. Because according to Yan Zhuang and Gaoshang, Datang is Tude, and his Dayan wants to kill Datang, which is naturally Mudelaiketu, and the wood color is naturally green, so it is natural to use the cyan flag.

He ordered the soldiers to collect the rebels' banners and armor together, and Yan Xiaosi followed behind Li Siye and asked in surprise: "Lord, why do you still keep these rebel banners, why don't you burn them." ”

Li Siye said with a smile: "These flags should be kept, I will still be of great use with them." ”

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