The rebels had already driven to the front of the Xindian camp, lined up in a formation with their backs to the mountain peaks, this position was located in the northeast direction of the Tang army, Li Siye had to order to adjust the direction of the formation, forming an angle with the plane of the camp.

Both sides want to occupy reasonable terrain, but neither side looks so favorable.

The overall strength of this rebel army is weaker than the rebel army that once entrenched in Guanzhong. After the 5,000 Luohe River was lost in Chang'an, An Lushan did not dare to put the remaining 3,000 on the battlefield, which was his trump card to save his life. There are also Tongluo cavalry who followed An Lushan's rebellion, and a group defected after robbing the Zuozangku in Chang'an, and the rest were all lost in the Battle of Chang'an.

Cui Qianyou was only able to bring 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 Xi soldiers this time, and the rest were infantry. His lieutenant general Xiang Runke poked his head from his horse to look at the enemy's large array, and when he saw that the Tang army was in full swing, he couldn't help but feel frightened, and turned his head to the main general and asked: "Our strategy seems to have not worked, do we still want to fight now?"

Cui Qianyou asked him rhetorically: "The arrow is already on the string, can it still be fired?" This battle must strive to defeat the Tang army and occupy Shaanxi County, so that Luoyang can still survive, if it cannot be defeated, His Majesty can only retreat from Luoyang. ”

He said in a loud voice to the left and right: "We have our backs to the mountain peaks, and we don't have to worry about the enemy army succeeding from the rear, and now everyone has given me courage!" Luoyang's Hanjia warehouse is stored with tens of millions of stones, grains and grass, and there are endless treasures hoarded in Shangyang Palace, these are all what Emperor Shengwu wants to reward you! Cut off the head of a Tang army and reward a bucket of rice! Behead ten Tang Army heads, and the reward is consistent!"

In the Tang army camp opposite, Li Siye also immediately turned around and shouted to the soldiers in the military formation: "In front is Luoyang, the eastern capital of my Tang Dynasty, there are tens of millions of stones of grain in Hanjiacang, and there are countless treasures in Shangyang Palace, I have asked His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and after entering the city, I will reward the three armies with the grain and grass in the treasury, and the first one of the rebels will be rewarded with a bucket of rice and grain, and the first ten of the rebels will be rewarded!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Xiang Runke personally went into battle as the vanguard, riding a war horse and carrying a long lance to kill the Tang army's camp, and the rebels carried a large number of long-range Fuyuan crossbows, ready to march to the Tang army 300 steps away to kill. But at this time, the array of the Tang front army had been separated to both sides, and the soldiers in front set up a large shield for the shield wall to defend, and more than 100 Xuanwu cannons exposed in the middle of the artillery array had already ignited the twist, and the muzzle rumbled white smoke one after another, and the cannonballs exploded in the marching rebel array.

The rebel soldiers in iron armor were staggered by the impact of the fragments of the cannonballs, Cui Qianyou, who was in the middle army, covered his ears and widened his eyes, turned to An Shouzhong behind him and shouted: "This is the sharp weapon of the Tang army you are talking about?" Is there any way to break the law?"

"General Choi! Until now, we didn't even know why they were thundering, how could they break it? However, it will take a long time for them to fill, and the general can use the spare time to charge, and it will not be a problem to overwhelm the artillery array!"

Xiang Runke waved the long lance in his hand and shouted: "It's just a thunderbolt, don't mess around, give me three hundred steps closer!"

When the enemy camp pressed to the distance of 300 steps of the Tang army, the Fu Yuan crossbow in the Tang army also began to launch the array for launch. The cannonballs fell into the rebels' tight shield array, and even the powerful men were knocked to the ground by the air waves, and Fu Yuan's crossbow rushed through the gap opened by the cannonballs, and many soldiers were pierced through the chests by arrows.

An Shouzhong was shocked behind Cui Qianyou, and shouted loudly: "General Cui, or retreat temporarily!" Otherwise, we will be defeated before we can meet the enemy in close combat!"

"Can't be returned! Now the advance and retreat are all under shelling! Cavalry of the Troop Army! Plunging through the front and attacking the enemy's artillery battalion, we will have a chance to win only if its artillery battalion is routed!"

He personally waved the trumpet flag to order, and the cavalry of the Jinglu Army slaughtered from the flank and rear of the rebel infantry formation, and thousands of green flags were divided into three streams, rushing like waves, and like plowshares, raising surging smoke and dust towards the artillery camp.

Li Siye decisively ordered the standard-bearers: "Order the right and left formations of Changqing to be closed and block the rebels in front of the artillery array." ”

Feng Changqing sat at the front, ordered the phalanxes on both sides to run to the middle, and placed the Modao team in front. As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a fierce charge and slashing, the Mo knife team lined up, the upper part could cut off the horse's head, the lower part could sweep the horse's legs, the main and deputy knife hands relied on each other to make up the knife and slash, such as the wall advanced, the war horse screamed sadly and the long scream of the sand mountain was endless, and the blood mist raised by the blade slashing drifted westward along the cold wind.

However, Cui Qianyou's move was just to buy time for the infantry array to approach the Tang army, as long as the two sides fell into a hand-to-hand fight, he thought that the Tang army's artillery would naturally be useless.

An Shouzhong hurriedly poked his head out and reminded: "General Cui should be careful, the artillery of the Tang Army will also spray blades and iron bars!" Hurt when you hit it, die when you touch it, it's terrifying!"

Cui Qianyou frowned and scolded: "Can you speak in a lower voice!" Can't you just let me hear it?"

He resolutely ordered: "The cavalry army temporarily retreats, and the infantry array is pressed up!" It's a matter of success or failure!"

The cavalry of the Jingluo army quickly bypassed the infantry formation on the side and prepared to withdraw from the battlefield, but Li Siye thought that the rhythm of the battlefield had fallen into his control, and immediately ordered the flying tiger cavalry on both sides of the Chinese army to attack, all the way to pursue the enemy's retreating Jingluo cavalry, and attack the rebel Chinese army from the flank of the battle formation, forcing the rebel infantry to return to the Chinese army.

Although such a military order is cumbersome and unsafe, his goal is to kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent at the same time, but also to reduce his own casualties, short-handed killing of the enemy 1,000 self-loss 800, even if there is a cannon shot to kill fragments bonus, but the iron fragment loading is more cumbersome than the cannonball, and a shot into the soul can not completely open the battle loss ratio.

On the frontal battlefield, the Tang army began to stage extreme operations, and when the enemy's infantry formation was more than thirty steps away from the Tang army, Feng Changqing and Yan Xiaosi tacitly cooperated, and quickly moved the left and right armies to both sides, as if opening a huge gate that closed the giant beast, and the rows of Xuanwu cannons were once again exposed to the enemy at close range.

Xiang Runke, wielding a horse lance, didn't know whether to be surprised or happy in the face of this sudden change, the enemy deliberately exposed the core, which was tantamount to facing an unknown danger, and he didn't know whether to order to step up the charge or quickly retreat at the moment.

He saw that the muzzle of the Tang Army's cannon had been lowered to parallel to the ground, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Retreat!"

However, the momentum of the offensive phalanx could not be stopped, the soldiers in front stopped and retreated, but they were pushed by the soldiers in the rear, the team paused in place for a moment, the muzzle of the Tang army artillery camp had already spewed out hot white gas, invisible fragments scattered forward, and the rebels who rushed to the front turned on their backs.

Xiang Runke shouted again: "The one behind rushes forward!" Kill me in the artillery camp!"

At the same time, Li Siye waved his hand and ordered loudly: "The whole army except for the artillery battalion, go forward and kill the enemy!"

The Chinese army has beaten the drums of war, and the army's honor guard has also sounded the bronze horn.

The shouts to Runke had been drowned out in the sound of the trumpets and drums of the Tang army, and both those who heard and could not hear turned and retreated, and the rout was inevitable.

In the rear of the main battlefield, the Flying Tiger Cavalry sent by Zang Xiye pursued the retreating cavalry of the Jingluo Army, and the rebels fought and retreated and threw arrows, and they were still hoping that the infantry formation would make progress to force the Flying Tiger Cavalry to return to help.

The other team of the Flying Tiger Cavalry had already pounced on Cui Qianyou's Chinese army, Cui Qianyou's face was pale, and he tightly held the reins of his horse to maintain the demeanor of a general who did not change the color of Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, and gritted his teeth and ordered: "Quick, Xi cavalry intercepts the enemy Flying Tiger Cavalry!"

The two Xi generals looked at each other, and rushed out of the formation with the cavalry, and the cavalry formation turned into an arc with a rolling flow. They had not yet come into contact with the Tang Army, and they had already directly changed direction and fled.

Cui Qianyou angrily threw the horsewhip on the ground and scolded: "These dogs! It's just going to help fight with the wind!"

An Shouzhong hurriedly shouted: "General Cui, retreat quickly!"

Cui Qianyou had the courage to make a decision, and immediately turned his horse's head and said loudly to An Shouzhong: "General An! You cut me off!"

"Ahh Why me!" An Shouzhong was about to cry.

"Of course it has to be you, Emperor Shengwu's order is to let you charge as a pawn, I don't think you will be allowed to charge in the past, and you will not be allowed to lead people to break the queen!"

An Shouzhong gritted his teeth fiercely and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!" But if you can survive, Lao Tzu recommends you to join the Luoluo River!"

His so-called broken queen is just to ensure that Cui Qianyou will not be chased by the enemy, and as for those soldiers who run slowly, he can only be sorry. Either you surrender, or you become that string of meritorious heads on the waist of the Tang army.

Li Siye personally led a large army in pursuit, most of the rebel foot soldiers became prisoners, Cui Qianyou led the Chinese army to flee in a hurry, An Shouzhong followed closely behind him. They retreated to the vicinity of Mianchi County, where they were followed by the Beiting Army led by Duan Xiushi, and when the enemy finally fled back to Luoyang from Xin'an, there were only a few thousand men left.