The eldest grandson Quanxu led the army to the north in the first battle encountered the Flying Tiger Cavalry, and after a short battle between the two sides on the Hebei Plain, the eldest grandson Quanxu was defeated and retreated. The Flying Tiger Cavalry did not pursue the Tang army, they opened the way for the artillery camp in front, and slowly and orderly came towards Jizhou.

Quan Xu was naturally unwilling to be defeated, and led four thousand light cavalry to make a big detour and attack the Xuanwu artillery battalion from behind. At the end of the line, the Tang cavalry encountered Li Siye's heavy infantry jumping and Modao's team, and retreated decisively after missing a blow.

The third time Changsun Quanxu chose to attack from the middle section, more than 4,000 cavalry cut off the artillery battalion's transport team into two sections, killed soldiers and livestock, and the people transporting the artillery scattered and fled.

But the march of the team was delayed in this way, and Duan Xiushi had to write to Li Siye, asking him to continue to recruit a group of people and livestock.

Li Siye not only sent livestock and civilian forces, but also ordered Xu Bin to personally come to take charge of the escort team, Xu Bin divided the escorted Flying Tiger Cavalry into two teams, one responsible for escorting and the other specifically responsible for pursuit, so that no matter what kind of action the enemy cavalry had, as long as they followed to the death, they could know the enemy's movements in advance.

The next few attacks by Changsun Quanxu failed to bear fruit, and he was chased by the Flying Tiger behind his ass.

After a series of pursuits, attacks and counter-attacks on both sides, although the Xuanwu artillery battalion suffered certain losses, its overall strength was not weakened, and they came to the city of Jizhou completely.

In the face of more than 100,000 Tang troops, the total strength of the Hexi Army was only 60,000, including 30,000 Flying Tiger Cavalry and 30,000 artillery battalions and extremely escort teams. However, these 60,000 people were on the attacking side.

Guo Ziyi is faced with a dilemma, if he chooses to continue to stick to the civil camp, the artillery and Kong Ming lanterns of the Hexi Army will definitely be able to ignite the entire camp into a sea of fire, but if he chooses to go out to confront the Hexi Army, 100,000 foot soldiers and cavalry on the plain to charge against each other, if he does not maintain a complex and strict formation, he will be scattered by the opponent in just a few rounds. However, if the formation is tight, the ability to maneuver will be greatly reduced, and no matter how strong the formation is, it will not be able to withstand the smashing of shells.

He finally chose to hide behind the fortress, and the shelling of the Hexi army on the first day caused a fire in the camp, and Guo Ziyi was tired of running to lead people to extinguish the fire.

Guo Ziyi invited the generals to the big tent, and said tiredly with a face full of fireworks: "There is a casting artillery shell workshop of the Hexi Army in Jizhou City, and the opposite side is the artillery battalion of the Tang Army not far away. At least it won't be defeated again and again because of the disadvantage of the armament. ”

"Tonight, I will see that God will not give us this opportunity, I want to organize a death squad to attack the rebels at night, and the soldiers who participated in the battle will each be rewarded with 100 gold, which will be paid from my Guo Ziyi's family property, and if there are unfortunate deaths, the pension will be doubled to parents, wives and children, and the seriously injured can be rewarded to return to their hometowns. You tell the soldiers below and ask them who is willing to go with me Guo Ziyi to kill the enemy! ”

Guo Linggong passed the order, and the officers and men of the army rushed to sign up, and soon recruited a team of 10,000 people, these warriors were only equipped with a horizontal knife and a torch by their side, in order to distinguish between the enemy and me, they all smeared the blood of beasts on their faces, and killed the enemy when it was dark.

Fugu Huaien took the initiative to ask Ying, willing to lead the death squad to attack the rebels, but Guo Ziyi had other plans, he said to Fugu Huaien: "The morale of the soldiers has dropped to a low point, if I can't take the lead, I will definitely not succeed tonight." But we still have to plan for the worst, and you gather the rest of the people tonight, and if I fail to make a surprise attack, we will lead our army to retreat to Yecheng on our own initiative, so as not to suffer greater losses. ”

Huai En knew that Guo Ziyi was determined, and it was difficult to persuade him, so he had to respond with his hands crossed and stayed in the camp to prepare to retreat.

In order to give full play to the lethality of the Xuanwu artillery, Li Chongbao set up the camp in the west of the Tang army's civil engineering camp, which was higher than the Tang army's earthen fortress, and made a circle of wooden stakes around the artillery array, with a military tent in the middle, most of the soldiers slept on the ground with quivers, and the horses acted as a wall to block the wind.

As the night deepened, Li Chongbao walked out of the big tent in armor, stood on a high place and looked at the Tang army camp in the distance, and muttered to himself: "The Tang army looks quiet tonight." ”

He turned around and returned to the tent, and the guards who were waiting for him were about to take off his armor, Li Chongbao stretched out his hand to block it: "No need, tomorrow's war is coming, and the soldiers are sleeping in the open, how can I ask for temporary comfort and forget the big thing, I will lie in armor tonight."

Of course, it would not be comfortable to lie on the sheep felt wearing heavy armor, Li Chongbao was wearing Mingguang armor, and it would take a lot of strength to stand up, he stared at the top of the tent, and soon sleepiness swept over.

Guo Ziyi led the soldiers to approach the Hexi Army camp in the dark, and the camp in front was brightly lit, so naturally some people took turns to sentry. They don't have any opportunistic tricks, and the sound of footsteps when they approach will alert the enemy.

Guo Ziyi waved his hand and ordered everyone to light the torches and rushed towards the Tang army's camp, shouting and killing all around.

"Someone is attacking the camp!"

The soldiers who were lying on the ground stood up, reached for the knives beside them, and then rushed out of the artillery emplacements to resist.

Li Chongbao woke up suddenly, got up from the ground with a turnover, took off the horizontal knife hanging on the wooden pillar and threw himself out of the camp, shouting loudly: "Flying Tiger Ride!" Don't go horseback riding! Kill them with your horizontal knives, and the Flying Tiger Rider is the strongest in the world whether he rides a horse or not! ”

Guo Ziyi personally carried a knife into the camp of the Hexi Army, and rushed left and right with both hands with the blade, and fought fiercely with the Flying Tiger Cavalry who had just reacted.

Due to the unpreparedness of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, most of the soldiers were fighting on their own, and soon fell into disadvantage.

The staff general under Li Chongbao hurriedly ran to him and said: "General Li, the enemy army is fierce at the moment, and our army can't organize soldiers at night, so it's better to retreat first and wait until tomorrow morning to gather men and horses before making plans."

"Wait until tomorrow?" Li Chongbao immediately said angrily: "This Xuanwu artillery battalion is all my father's hard work, and it cost him countless belongings, how can I let them fall into the hands of Guo Ziyi, even if the entire Flying Tiger Cavalry is exhausted tonight, I can't take half a step back, gather your people for me, and let them go!" ”

Li Chongbao led his personal army to form a small battle formation, holding on to the center of the camp, and the rest of the defeated Hexi soldiers gathered around him, fighting to the death and holding the camp, suffering every minute and every second of the night.

The morning sun bloomed brilliant golden yellow from the sky, and after a night of fierce fighting, the camp of the Hexi army was in disarray, and the Xuanwu cannons were staggered on the gun emplacements, and although the Flying Tiger Cavalry suffered heavy losses, Li Chongbao led them to stick to the center of the camp. The remnants of the Flying Tiger Cavalry, which had been scattered and retreated last night, were quickly reorganized and marched towards the center of the barracks.

As soon as the sky dawned, Guo Ziyi led the death squad to retreat, they killed thousands of horses and countless gunners that night, causing immeasurable losses to the Hexi Army's flying tiger cavalry and Xuanwu artillery, but failed to completely occupy the enemy camp, and there was no way to talk about capture.

Guo Ziyi staggered down the long slope and said to his son Guo Hua, who was supporting him: "You ride a fast horse to inform Fugu Huaien that we will withdraw from Jizhou City within today." ”

"Why?" Guo asked puzzledly: "Obviously, we won!" ”

Guo Ziyi did not reprimand his son, and patiently explained to him: "The Hexi army took advantage of the Xuanwu artillery, and the Jizhou city wall was strong, even if it was defeated for a while, there was room for retreat, but we were in a contrarian trend, one did not capture the enemy camp, and the other did not capture the artillery, even if we win, there is no chance, and sooner or later it will be a defeat, so it is better to retreat to Yecheng first and then make plans." ”