The wind on the Yellow River blew quietly, and the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army, armed with swords and guns, crouched behind the half-finished fortifications, looking at the rolling heat and dust rising in the fields far away on the horizon, as if a tornado was approaching them.

According to Li Guangbi's original idea, he planned to build a semicircular fortification around the Yellow River beach, surrounded by iron oxen and pontoon bridges. Although the cavalry has the advantage of mobility and the sense of oppression of condescending charges, in the face of complete fortifications, no matter how strong the cavalry is, it has to dismount honestly.

It's a pity that the fortifications were not completed, and there was still a gap of more than 70 steps in front of Puzhou City, which served as the main defensive direction of the infantry array led by Li Guangbi.

Due to the diversion of the Yellow River several times, the city of Puzhou is getting closer and closer to the bank of the Yellow River, and recently there was a major diversion that separated the city of Puzhou on the west bank, from which the name of Hezhongfu is derived.

Li Guangbi personally carried a horizontal knife in the center of the formation of thousands of Tang troops, and there were several small traps in front of him, which might be able to bring casualties to the Flying Tiger Cavalry.

The rolling iron hooves of the cavalry had appeared on the fields on both sides of the official road, and formed three formations shaped like sharp arrows, Li Chongbao in the center of the formation raised his arm, and the Flying Tiger cavalry soldiers controlled the restless horses behind him.

He did not immediately attack, but carefully observed the arrangement of the Tang army's array. There were a small number of soldiers behind the fortifications on both sides of the river beach, and the Tang army formed a glaive formation on the nearly 100-step-wide river beach with no fortifications in front. Due to the insufficient strength of the Zhaoyi Army, the depth of the Glaive Array was insufficient, which was the only shortcoming that Li Guangbi had arranged.

Fortunately, he arrived in advance, and if the other party was allowed to complete the fortifications, he could only look at the river and sigh.

But is it safe in front of the Tang Army's formation? Of course not necessarily, maybe the other party has already dug the trap and is waiting for them to rush forward and fill it with their lives.

He turned to one of the generals behind him and ordered, "Take some people and find some logs, and cut them all into two zhang." ”

The general asked in surprise, "Now?" ”

"That's right, it's now, don't go yet!"

The general immediately led the order, led the cavalry of the two regiments behind him to leave, and the rest of the people waited quietly on their horses, and there was a dead silence on the entire Pujin River beach, and no one knew what the Flying Tiger Cavalry was going to do and why they did not attack immediately.

Li Guangbi did not dare to attack rashly, and the infantry formation was always passive in front of the cavalry. He stared at the young general on the other side with his eyes, and heard that this was Li Siye's son, who looked very young and had not yet performed the weak crown ceremony.

But he didn't underestimate this young man, they didn't attack as soon as they entered the battlefield, and it was difficult to deal with the enemy who could calm down.

Half an hour later, General Li Chongbao led people to bring dozens of logs, which had no bark and looked round. He asked coldly, "You demolished the rafters of the people's houses?" ”

The general bowed his head and said, "Trees are not easy to cut down, and they are only borrowed, and they will be returned after borrowing." ”

Li Chongbao did not care about these things with him, and immediately ordered people to tie the two ends of the log with hemp ropes, and let the powerful cavalry each pull the two ends of the hemp ropes. Drag and move slowly.

Li Guangbi could see clearly on the river beach, his face suddenly turned pale, of course he knew what Li Chongbao was using these things.

The terrain of the entire Pujindu is formed by the riverbed after the diversion of the Yellow River, which is a very gentle slope, if they use the acceleration of the horse to give the log a forward force, the log will roll forward along the ramp, this move can not only break the trap pit covered by the Tang army, but also can be used to break the formation of the infantry.

Li Guangbi hurriedly ordered: "The back row of the phalanx!" Quick, immediately drive a stake in front! Used to prevent logs from rolling off! ”

The soldiers hurried to find the unfinished wooden piles, and in front of their formation, one poked vertically into the sand, while the other smashed down into the sand with a sledgehammer in his hand.

How could Li Chongbao let them get their wish, he immediately drew his horizontal knife and ordered loudly, open the way with logs in front and shoot arrows in the rear to cover! ”

The riders in the front row each dragged the log and rushed forward with the horse's belly, and after galloping for a few feet, they shouted in unison: "One, two, three, loose!" ”

They let go of the twine, and the logs rolled down the long slope merrily, while the rest of the cavalry followed closely behind, drawing their horned bows and throwing them at the enemy formation. The crossbowmen of the Tang army also began to shoot, and the arrows of both sides shuttled back and forth in the air.

The rolling logs touched several of the pits that had been laid out and immediately fell, and the cavalry in the rear had already tied the logs again, rushed a farther distance than before, passed through the gaps in the pits, and continued to roll down the slope after releasing their hands.

Li Guangbi's hasty preparation was still not sufficient after all, there was a large gap between the pits, and the Flying Tiger Rider had already bypassed the traps and rushed over. The log rolled to the bottom of the slope and hit the piling soldiers, who spat blood and fell to the ground.

"The crossbowmen continue to shoot at the enemy, continue to hit the stakes!"

Li Chongbao ordered people to roll out all the remaining logs, jumped up after hitting the stake in the acceleration of the long slope, and directly crashed into the formation of the Tang army.

"Good opportunity! Charge forward! “

Li Guangbi shouted loudly: "All withdraw to form a formation, don't let the Flying Tiger Ride rush to the side of the bridge!" ”

The shield spearmen of the Tang army stood at the front of the line, pestle up the silver spear heads to deter the horses, and the vanguard of the Flying Tiger Cavalry had already approached the shield formation, turned the horse's head and retreated, and fired arrows at the Tang army's formation with horned bows.

Several horsemen were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, and the battle was at a stalemate.

Li Guangbi's ability to supervise the battle and arrange troops in formation is indeed strong, his shield formation in front is tight, and there are defensive fortifications such as row walls on the side, so that the cavalry's flexible ability to outflank left and right is completely useless.

"Continue to break the formation with logs!"

The Flying Tiger cavalry pulled out the logs that had fallen into the pit in the middle of the slope, and the rest of the cavalry charged forward to cover them, and after approaching the enemy formation, they were hindered and quickly retreated. The cavalry in the back row was ready, pulling the hemp rope with both hands and rushing forward, this time almost rushing to a dozen zhang away from the Tang army, shouting loudly and letting go of his hands, the rolling wood that galloped forward directly crashed into the shield array of the Tang army.

How could the shield-wielding soldiers withstand such a strong impact, and they fell to the ground one after another.

"Cavalry Army, charge again!"

Li Chongbao personally held a spear in his hand and penetrated through the loose formation of the Tang army, and the cavalry followed closely behind him, piercing Li Guangbi's glaive formation directly. After rushing to the river beach, they turned back, continued to charge with spears, and after two rounds of charges, the Tang army was directly defeated, and the soldiers began to scatter and flee.

Li Guangbi was weak and shouted: "Don't disperse!" Gather together to resist the enemy cavalry, hold on for one more day, and my Tang's reinforcements will arrive! ”

He rode on his horse and looked behind him desperately, and suddenly his eyes were filled with joy, and he could see the Tongguan army with dense banners on the opposite river beach, and he pulled his throat on the horse and let out a thunderous roar: "See, reinforcements are coming!" Anti-thieves! Accept your fate, my Datang is in full swing after all! ”

The almost defeated Zhaoyi army seemed to have found the strength to hold on, and gathered again with swords and guns in hand, and was determined to hold on to the end against the pontoon bridge of the Yellow River.

Li Chongbao's heart seemed to sink to the bottom of the cold water, is fate just joking with him? Obviously having seen the victory, the Tang army on the other side appeared no sooner or later, as long as it was a little later, he would be able to fully control the Jinpudu pontoon.

The adjutant general sighed beside him and asked hesitantly: "Withdraw, eldest prince, their reinforcements have arrived on the other side, and we are still a step slower after all." ”

"Is it slow?" Li Chongbao's eyes gradually became confused, and suddenly regained clarity in an instant, and shouted loudly: "We haven't lost yet!" The Don army on the other side has not yet crossed the bridge! Who can determine the outcome without fighting to the end! ”