On August 7, the weather was still very hot, and the Dingting battlefield at this time was even more steaming.

After the battle, countless surviving officials recalled the battle as the hottest day they had ever experienced in their lives.

Because of the arrival of reinforcements from the Taishan army, with his elite tenacity, Lu Zhi failed to achieve an overwhelming victory in the morning. But because the Han army was nearly three times larger than the Taishan army, in the end, around the afternoon, the balance of victory finally tilted in favor of the Han army.

After a fierce battle for half a day, the guards in the Taishan army had no time to eat because they were fighting on all fronts. But at this time, the Han army can calmly change formations and go down in batches to rest and eat.

Therefore, the more time passes, the more tired the Taishan army is, and the closer the victory of the Han army becomes.

However, Lu Zhi on the north slope was not much happy, because he would settle accounts himself.

On the side of Dingting, from beginning to end I saw the enemy army of 17,000 people, and the information from the secret talk was that the Taishan thieves had 5,000 reinforcements, plus when the cavalry army went north to Zhending, the military strength was about 30,000 people.

In other words, the enemy army was at least about 35,000 men. But now there are only 17,000 people, so where are the remaining 20,000?

All on the way? Lu Zhi didn't believe it.

Therefore, Lu Zhi had a vague premonition, feeling that the Taishan thieves were dividing their troops.

Soon, three dusty sentry horsemen rushed from the east of the battlefield, and the military reports they brought with them cleared Lu Zhi's doubts.

But the solution of this doubt made his hands and feet cold.

In the military report, Chen Yan of Hejian, Yang Xuan, the Taishou of Bohai, and the three ministers of Anping ordered Hu Yu to jointly present their feelings, and the alliance of the three kingdoms was ambushed by Taishan thieves in the Shenze area, and they were invincible and could only retreat from the north.

The battle was last night, when nearly 20,000 thieves and a large cavalry raided the coalition camp.

At that time, the Han army was stationed on the dirt road on the north bank of the Hutuo River, and camped on a flat ground with its back to the slope to rest.

In fact, in the daytime, the Han army had a brief conflict with the sentry cavalry of the Taishan army, and Gai Tong of the Youzhou Turquoise rode felt that something was wrong, worried that he had encountered the main force of the Taishan thieves.

But at that time, Chen Yan of Hejian, Yang Xuan, the Taishou of Bohai, and Linghu Yu, the prime minister of Anping, did not believe it, because in their communication with Lu Zhi, they had clearly learned that there was already a big war in Dingting at this time.

The main force of the Taishan thieves was obviously dragged by Lu Shuai, where did the main force come from?

So they set up camp here, but who expected that night the Tarzan army launched a night attack.

The attack was carried out by 12,000 men of the Marshal of the Right Army of the Taishan Army and four cavalry divisions, a total of 14,000 horse steps. Since most of the Han army was unprepared, this night attack was a complete victory.

The three ministers wanted to flee in a hurry, but fortunately they were dissuaded by Gai Tong.

Gai Tong took the headquarters of the cavalry and part of the Han army, carried the banners of the three armies, and retreated to the east under the guise of the main force. The three retainers retreated from the north, preparing to make a detour to join Lu Zhi in the north.

It was very dark, so the commandos of the Taishan army were really attracted by the big silk brought by Gai Tong, and they all pursued to the north.

But it wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Zhang Dan found that something was wrong. If it was the main force, it would be impossible to retreat so quickly, so Zhang Dan hurriedly asked the army to go north and prepare to pursue the real main force.

But such a tossing effort finally allowed the three guards of Hejian, Bohai, and Anping to escape.

As soon as the army was decided, he sent this military newspaper to Lu Zhi.

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At this time, Lu Zhi's anger was churning in his chest, and he had never wanted to kill someone for a moment like now.

He couldn't understand what kind of Chen Yan, Yang Xuan, and Ling Huyu ate to achieve the position of two thousand stones. Now Hebei has become like this, and it is still so civil, martial, and has no sense of vigilance.

More than ten miles away from the battlefield, he dared to put his horse outside the camp and sleep leisurely. It's really not a pity to die.

Originally, he was thinking that as soon as the Hejian Corps arrived, he would be able to surround and kill the Taishan Army here, and cut off Zhang Chong's thief's arm first. But what about now?

Instead, he had to withdraw.

Because although the Han army already had an advantage on the battlefield, it was not overwhelming, and if it continued to fight like this, it might have to fight until midnight.

And when the time comes, the main force of the Taishan thieves who have been vacated will be able to rush to participate in the battle.

He now had an insight into the strategy of the thief. That is, let him see this in front of him and base himself on defense to contain him in Dingting, and then lead the main force to fight his partial division, and then return to the division to fight him.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi once again restrained his ambitions and decided to withdraw his troops and return to the Zhongren Pavilion in the north, where his established battlefield was.

But when Lu Zhi ordered his troops to prepare to withdraw from the battlefield, the Beizhou warriors who were fighting on the front line reacted differently.

The general Xiangping Li Min was commanding the troops to attack the Taishan thieves under the Dingting Wall at that time, and after hearing Lu Zhi's order, he shouted directly to the soldiers:

"Lu Shuai sits on the bed, what can he see here? Now that the Tarzan thieves are gone, defeating them is just around the corner. ”

After saying that, Li Min refused to accept the order, so he asked his subordinates to continue to attack.

And because the commander couldn't make the difference, he was in a hurry next to Li Min.

Li Min is from a wealthy family in Xiangping, Liaodong, and his family is a typical border general, and his father and son have served in the border army for several generations, so it can be said that he is one of the representatives of the Jiangmen family in the border army system.

Lu Zhi's Zhenbei Army had three relatively large system factions.

One is the Frontier Army Family Group in Waiyouzhou, these people are headed by the Liaodong Gongsun Clan, the Shanggu Kou Clan, the Yuyang Gai Clan, the Xian Yu Clan, and the Liaodong Li Clan and the Lelang Wang Clan.

These military families are intertwined and flourishing in the border army, and even Lu Zhi can only treat them with courtesy.

In addition to this group, the second largest group is Lu Zhi's protégés, which partially overlap with the previous faction, but are more pro-Lu Zhi, and are also the core of Lu Zhi's army in Zhenbei.

The last faction is the border rangers, local tyrants, floating waves, and Hu people. These people were originally strongmen from Youzhou and the grassland, and they were recruited by Lu Zhi before they entered the formal system, and they were generally regarded as the periphery.

Therefore, Li Min, as a veteran in the army, has developed a crazy and delicate appearance.

In fact, Li Min is not a minority, and the Yan people are already generous and good to death, not to mention these border warriors who advocate attack.

Therefore, being brave and unscrupulous, and being emotional, has always been the spiritual background of these border army generals.

And when Li Min disobeyed his order, Gongsun Zhan, the front-line commander on the other side, rode a war horse and galloped directly to the bottom of the dirt slope where Lu Zhi was, and then came downhill.

As soon as he came, he knelt on the ground and asked Lu Zhi for his life:

"Lu Shuai, why did you order the withdrawal of troops? We're about to win. ”

Lu Zhi didn't speak, but just asked the general to hand the report to Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Chan passed by and understood the teacher's decision in his heart, but he was still unwilling.

So he pleaded:

"Lu Shuai, now that it is a matter of the survival of my northern land and the safety of my Han family, I ask Lu Shuai to let me take the assault cavalry one last time. Chan is an ordinary person, and he doesn't know what this rush is for. But Chan knows that if I don't try hard this time, I'm afraid I'll regret it when I die. So, please Lu Shuai let me take the brothers to rush again. ”

Lu Zhi didn't speak, and the other people on the slope didn't dare to speak, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Finally, Lu Zhi asked:

"How many rides do you want?"

Gongsun Chan was overjoyed and hurriedly responded:

"The end will only need five hundred white horses to obey."

Lu Zhi shook his head and said loudly:

"Since you want to decide life and death, you have to press all your strength. How can five hundred horsemen be enough, I will hand over all the thousand horsemen under my tent to you. If you want to kill, crush them completely. ”

Gongsun Chan did not hesitate, slammed the breastplate, and promised loudly.

After that, Gongsun Chan ran to a camp at the bottom of the slope.

There, five hundred white horse Yicong and two battalions of Chinese troops were ready in formation.

Five hundred white horses, all riding white horses, covered with white armor, with two lances, and wearing helmets decorated with the feathers of the prairie eagle, were the most elite troops of Gongsun Zhan.

Each of them has a blood-like strong relationship with Gongsun Zhan, where righteousness lies, life and death obey each other, so it is "righteous obedience".

And the thousand horsemen under the tent of the Zhenbei army are also elite, they are all tall knights selected from the whole army, and the war horses they are riding are also the elite war horses at the bottom of the Hu people in the grassland market this time.

Once these people are impacted, it will inevitably be a tsunami and a daunting tsunami.

As soon as Gongsun Chan entered the camp, he took the talisman to survey with the battalion generals, and after it was correct, he officially took over the military power.

The temporary master of the White Horse Yicong will be Gongsun Zhan's confidant Wang Men, and when he sees his lord come back, he is busy and happy:

"General, how are we going to fight this time?"

Gongsun Chan smiled and didn't speak, but said respectfully to another middle-aged general:

"I've seen Gong Zhang."

This general's name is Zhang Chun, who is the governor of Lu Zhi's tent, and his rank is more than 2,000 stones. This time, although Gongsun Chan was the main general of the assault, Zhang Chun was higher than Gongsun Chan in terms of official position and seniority.

Therefore, Gongsun Chan can only bow down a little and respect him.

Zhang Chun, who will be this person, has not yet had the ambition to be the general of the sky, and he is still a good general of the Han family. Therefore, although he is dissatisfied with the drive of Gongsun Zhan, a young child, he can also accept the order.

After Gongsun Zan and Zhang Chun went through the action plan, they looked at the other camp and sighed slightly:

"If you can bring the thick black Huan Tuqi cavalry with you, this battle will be more secure."

Gong Qi Chou, the Wuhuan lieutenant, has recruited thousands of Wuhuan cavalry under his account, and has been with the Chinese army.

……

As the time approached, the sun had begun to set in the west.

The Hanoi camp and the Zhao Jun camp guarding under the Dingting wall finally used water and rice, and it was Yang Mao on the wall who made people go down the wall after they were done in the wall.

With these additions, the morale of the two towns of Hanoi and Zhao County finally recovered a lot.

Moreover, a new battalion is also being opened in the wall, not only Weijun Town has been opened, but even Yang Mao himself has also taken his own soldiers and two thousand Taishan veterans out of the wall to change defenses.

Originally, Yang Mao was going to stay on the wall and continue to keep in touch with Cai Qubu in the west. But because of the civil strife in Zhaojun Town, he had to go out to preside over the situation.

After learning about the statement of the generals of Zhao County, he knew that Li Ding was going to surrender, so he immediately decided to unload Li Ding's soldiers and put them in custody, and then ordered Zhao Rong to be the new general of Zhao County and preside over the military situation.

Yang Mao then withdrew to Dingting Wall, where the view was more important than his stay on the front line.

With reinforcements and supplies, and the chaos has been put in order, the morale of Zhaojun Town has recovered a lot. So under the encouragement of the town general Zhao Rong, a counteroffensive was launched against the Han army.

On the opposite side of Zhaojun Town was Li Min, the military veteran general over there just now.

Li Min never expected that the thief army, who had been beaten by him and was about to lose his breath, would be fierce again, caught off guard, and lost a few battles in a row.

Zhao Junzhen immediately began to pursue, and they advanced in a wide column with a line of fifty people. This formation is extremely easy to transform into a phalanx.

But just as they were marching to the area where the Han army was originally located, they suddenly heard the Hanoi town soldiers who were a little behind shouting:

"The Han cavalry is coming."

The town general Zhao Rong also heard this, and he hurriedly blew the trumpet of changing formations.

But it's too late.

Because of the problem of vision, when Zhao Rong took Zhao Junzhen forward, he couldn't see the White Horse Yicong in the distance, but the White Horse Yicong looked at them clearly on the slope.

Seeing that this thief came forward and left the cooperation of the friendly army, Gongsun Zhan immediately decided to attack this Taishan thief.

When Gongsun Zhan arrived, the nearest battalion in Zhaojun Town was less than a hundred paces, and at this time, the horn of changing formations came, how could it be too late.

The number of soldiers in this battalion of Zhao County was about 700 people, which was the size of two departments, almost all of them were from the southern region of Zhao State, the average age was only twenty, and the youngest was only fifteen years old.

In the face of the charge of the White Horse Righteous Servant, what is the end of the infantry without a phalanx?

Of course, it collapsed without any surprise. They didn't wait for Bai Ma Yi to collide with him, so they panicked and fled one after another.

The battalion flag of this battalion was also captured by Bai Ma Yicong, and it became the first battalion head of the Taishan Army to be eliminated.

Many of the soldiers of Zhaojun Town, who retreated, had heard the old soldier say that if they faced the onslaught of cavalry, the best way to save their lives was to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead.

In that case, as long as you don't get trampled to death, you'll probably survive, because warhorses hate the smell of corpses on the ground. On the contrary, the faster you run, the more the cavalry will go after you.

Many people really heard this, and they fell on the ground and pretended to be dead. But except for some of the lucky ones, everyone else was trampled to death.

These people have proved one thing with their lives:

"It's okay to lie to yourself, but don't lie to the brethren, because they really will believe."

After this battalion was defeated by the formation, Bai Ma Yicong then attacked the head of the Chinese army camp of the town general Zhao Rong.

This time, with Zhao Rong in charge, the battalion did not collapse. But even so? When Gongsun Zhan used a double-headed lance and led Bai Ma Yi to enter from the gap, Zhao Junzhen still couldn't save his defeat.

Even if Zhao Rong fought to the death and did not give in, the officials also brandished their halberds and tried to drive away the white horse Yizun, but it was still to no avail.

Even Zhao Rong was seen from afar by Gongsun Chan because he was too exposed, and then hit Zhao Rong with one arrow.

Zhao Rong bulged his eyes, his lips trembled, watching Zhao Jun's children being slaughtered in front of his eyes, he left tears of remorse, and before he died, he ordered the flag guards to tear the town flag away, and never throw it to the Han army.

He was not reconciled:

"I can die, but I can't lose the flag, and I can't lose my soul in Zhaojunzhen. Regret, I, Zhao Rong, am conceited and heroic, and if I don't die, I can't make meritorious deeds. ”

With that, he grabbed a handful of voids, then fell on his back, convulsions and died.

Behind, his soldiers were already in tears.

(End of chapter)