Duan Shao moved to Guangling this time, and in addition to his own troops, he also took thousands of prisoners of the Liang army that had been defeated in the previous battle. Naturally, these captives would not be rationed war horse mounts, which inevitably slowed down the march considerably.

But this is also a helpless thing, he led the army to the south this time, all the elite light cavalry was carried, and the supplies and baggage carried by the army were not much, and he fought in various places, although he had defeated several Southern Liang armies with lightning speed, but his headquarters was already tired and difficult, all supported by a momentum of continuous battles, and it was also in urgent need of new reinforcements.

Duan Shao also obtained a certain amount of personnel and materials to replenish and replace some of the cities occupied by the Northern Qi Dynasty in Xuyi, Jingzhou, and some of the cities occupied by the Northern Qi Dynasty along the way, but because there was still a great variable of Li Boshan in the Western Wei Dynasty in Huainan, Duan Shao did not dare to overuse the resources in these cities, so as not to be difficult to defend after being attacked again.

Although these Southern Liang divisions are not of great use, they can also warn of the enemy's traces and attack the enemy's formation when they are driven forward. The latter, in particular, was simply too important for his cavalry army, which had absolutely no means of attacking fortifications.

When the siege of Xuyi was lifted, Duan Shao still relied on a surprise surprise attack to cause chaos in the enemy formation, and chased and killed for a while. When Yan Chaoda's army attacked Jingzhou, it was with those Southern Liang defeated soldiers who rushed the Liang army's position in front of him that he broke the enemy formation within one drum.

Although he defeated Liang Jun one after another, Duan Shao's mood did not improve much. In addition to the huge threat posed by Li Boshan, a strong enemy, it was also because the scouts reported that Chen Baxian, the Liang army on the Guangling side, was still besieging the city and attacking, and did not break the siege. This means that if you want to relieve the siege of Guangling, you may have to fight hard.

Duan Shao led the army all the way south, of course, he was not afraid of fierce battles, but this was a little different from his assumption.

For him, if he wants to relieve the siege of Huainan, how many Liang soldiers he kills is not the most important thing. It is impossible for him to wipe out all the Liang troops in Jiangbei, and as long as Liang still has soldiers to fight, it is inevitable to enter Jiangbei.

What Duan Shao wanted to do was not to kill or injure as many enemies as possible, but to destroy the foundation of the hearts of the people of Nanliang in Jiangbei as much as possible.

The reason why Huainan has been in turmoil for a long time is not because the national strength of the Northern Qi is not strong, in addition to the Southern Liang army repeatedly entering the north of the Tujiang River after quelling the Hou Jing Rebellion, there is also the fact that the local people in Huainan do not have a high degree of recognition of the rule of the Northern Qi, and almost as long as there is an opportunity, those Huainan heroes want to get rid of the control of the Northern Qi.

Duan Shao knows that today's Nanliang seems to be a whole, but in fact, the internal contradictions and estrangements are very deep, such as Wang Shengbi and Chen Baxian, there is no shortage of open and secret battles between the two generals, and the other generals are also very selfish, and their own interests and losses are far more important than the safety of the society.

Therefore, after breaking several Liang soldiers and horses one after another, he hoped to scare away Chen Baxian, who was besieging Guangling, through this shock. It was not to be cowardly to fight with them, but to make the Huainan soldiers in Guangling City and other places recognize the weakness of the Liang army, and immediately withdraw when they saw that the situation was not good, without any determination to fight, so as to dispel the idea of these Huainan heroes and tycoons continuing to collude with the Liang army to cause chaos in their hometown.

When he learned that Chen Ba's first army had not withdrawn and was still maintaining the siege of Guangling, Duan Shao's face suddenly sank, and he waved to the masses under his command and shouted: "The whole army has accelerated its advance, defeated the thief division, and relieved the siege of Guangling, and entered the city today to eat and rest!" ”

Although the soldiers were quite tired, their spirits were still excited, and they were simply hearty after a big victory, and after hearing Duan Shao's order, they all nodded their heads again and again, and there was no shortage of soldiers who sighed with regret: "It's a pity that I couldn't fight the traitor Li Boshan, and I can't personally try to see if he is really brave and invincible." ”

After hearing this, Duan Shao's eyes also flashed, although this Li Boshan has been the enemy of their Eastern Wei and Northern Qi for many years and has won many big victories, but Duan Shao has never had the opportunity to fight against him, in fact, he is also faintly unconvinced in his heart, and he also hopes to have the opportunity to fight with him and try his hand.

It's just that at present, the main army in the country is still going out with His Majesty the Emperor to fight Rouran, and Duan Shao's first task is to stabilize the current situation in Huainan, and the risk of fighting with Li Boshan is too high.

At this time, under Guangling City, Chen Baxian had already dispatched soldiers and distributed battle formations, and was waiting for the battle under Guangling City. Before the arrival of the enemy, Chen Baxian summoned his general Zhou Wenyu and whispered: "Guangling City has been besieged for a long time, and people are tired and lazy, but after the arrival of the reinforcements, I am afraid that they will rise up and fight back when the time comes." Jingde doesn't need to be in a diplomatic battle, he led five hundred elite soldiers to ambush in the long wall, and as soon as the enemy went out of the city to counterattack, he would kill him with a crossbow for me, so that I don't have to worry about it! ”

After Zhou Wenyu heard this, he hurriedly received the order, and even selected 500 elite soldiers from the army, and entered the ambush to wait for the battle according to Chen Baxian's instructions.

In addition, Chen Baxian made some other scheduling arrangements, and even came to the Chinese army, ordered to open his guard of honor so that the whole army could see where he was, and then quietly waited for the arrival of the enemy.

In the afternoon, the men and horses led by Duan Shao also came to the outside of Guangling City. When he saw the troops under the city who were hunting with banners and strict formations, Duan Shao couldn't help but sigh and said: "Chen Baxian is worthy of the heroes of the Southern Kingdom, and the arrangement of troops is really impressive. ”

After saying that, he directly ordered: "Drive these soldiers forward in front of the army to disturb the enemy formation!" ”

After hearing this, the soldiers naturally did not have mercy on those Liang soldiers, and even if they rode their horses and rushed towards those Liang soldiers who were scattered, and brandished the whips and guns in their hands, they drove these people forward.

Those Liang soldiers trekked on foot along the way, and finally came to the outside of Guangling City, and saw that there were still friendly troops of their own country here to fight, thinking that there was hope for survival, but they did not want to be ruthlessly expelled and tortured by the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, so they also rose up the remaining strength in their bodies, and rushed towards the friendly army formation opposite, while running, they were still shouting for help.

At this time, the soldiers of the Liang Army in the military formation saw this scene, and their hearts were also very entangled, looking at the distorted and pitiful faces of those running, the bows and crossbows that had been opened and held up slowly were slowly put down.

However, at this time, the drum order to launch a counterattack in the military formation suddenly sounded rapidly, Chen Baxian stood under the big sword with his sword, frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Anyone who enters the front line, kill!" Those who are cowardly and not attacking in the formation, kill! ”

In the array, the military order was like a mountain, and under the urging of the hurried drum order, all the soldiers also put away the pity in their hearts and wavered, and as soon as they broke into the living within the range of the front, whether they were Northern Qi soldiers or not, they all pulled the strings and shot.

Those captured Liang soldiers were already disarmed and protected, and they were shot by this strong bow and crossbow, and a large number of people were killed and injured in an instant. The Northern Qi cavalry who were advancing in the rear and were about to charge the enemy formation saw this bloody scene, and they couldn't help but feel a little chill in their hearts, and some Qi pawns who rushed too far forward were also shot by stray arrows, and the momentum that should have been launched in time was suddenly resolved.

Duan Shao's brows furrowed deeply when he saw this, he grabbed the horse's belly between his legs, and rushed forward with all his might, the horse lance in his hand pointed at the enemy formation, and shouted in his mouth: "Rush the enemy's left flank!" ”

At the sound of his order, all the soldiers also converged their formation, forming a condensed and powerful torrent, and rushed straight to the enemy's flank.

Because the previous prisoners were too scattered, the long-range strike capability on the entire front was weakened, and at this time, the enemy suddenly rushed to the left flank, and the long-range counterattack in a hurry also seemed a little weak, and the position was suddenly pierced by the enemy's sharp and ferocious horse lance, making a crack in the originally complete military formation.

However, this rift only existed for a short time, and then it was blocked by the rear soldiers with cowhide shields and fearless death. The Qi pawns who rushed into the formation were stabbed or hooked by the hooks, sickles, spears and other weapons in the formation, and several holes in the bodies of the people and horses suddenly appeared!

A fierce battle was underway, and although the Liang army's army was constantly bitten out of the gap, it was quickly filled in time. The entire front was painted with a shocking shade of blood, but the formation remained as tenacious as ever.

Duan Shao even fought hard but lost the price of hundreds of cavalry, and directly separated a small formation composed of hundreds of soldiers from the enemy formation, repeatedly attacked and surrounded and killed, trying to lure the Liang army to come to help, but the main force of the Liang army remained motionless.

Although the overall damage of the Liang army was far superior to that of the Qi army, in the end, the Qi army was exhausted, and seeing that it was getting late, Duan Shao could only order the horn to blow the horn and withdraw the troops for tomorrow's battle.

Seeing the enemy retreating like a tide, Chen Baxian still did not dare to order contact the alert, and waited until there was no trace of the enemy in his field of vision, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said quietly on his face: "The strength of the Qi army is nothing more than this, the former and the incompetence of the generals have become its prestige." Even if the thief is as cold as the wind, how can he urge me to be strong in Mount Tai! ”

When all the soldiers around heard this, they couldn't help but raise their arms and shout, although from the actual battle damage, they were far beyond the other party, but through this vicious battle, it also proved that this enemy army was not invincible, and it was still flesh and blood that human beings could resist!

The strong enemy outside was forced to retreat, and good news came from the long wall, just when the two sides were in full swing, sure enough, the city also sent men and horses to prepare to sneak attack the rear of the Liang army, but Zhou Wenyu led the soldiers who had already been ambushed and forced to retreat, and fought all the way to the city gate.

After hearing this news, Chen Ba first groaned slightly, often the Qi army retreated in the direction that was already hazy at night, and then looked at the corpses of Qi soldiers and horses abandoned in front of the front, and after a little muttering, he said: "Transporting the corpses of this thief and horses to the front of the city, immediately make a fire to make a cooking, and attack the city overnight!" ”