Some words are better to say at the wine table, especially when you drink too much, Yan Xing is young, strong, and a good hand at drinking. After everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, Yan Xing directly mentioned Cheng Gongying's victory in Baishi, praising how brave he was and how he could use soldiers.

Sure enough, Yan Xing's words quickly shifted everyone's goals, and the first candidate stood up and said, "In Baishi, I know that there is a flat land surrounded by small hills on three sides thirty miles east of the county seat. Tai Shi Ci must have camped there, and then he didn't have time to dig a horse pit, so he was taken advantage of by Cheng Gongying. Look at them, that's what the chief general of the imperial court has to do with his ability to use soldiers. Let's walk slowly and see how their father and son defeat the court soldiers and horses, so that we can open our eyes. ”

Yang Qiu continued: "Didn't the father and son of the Cheng family say that even if the imperial court besieged the city with soldiers and horses, they would be able to hold out for at least ten days and half a month?" Let's arrive at the pinch, just to see the majesty of their father and son. ”

An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Yan Xing's mouth, which was exactly what he and Han Sui were aiming for. So everyone said one sentence to me, and finally came out ???????????????? Qi unanimously believed that the father and son of the Cheng family should be made to suffer a little, so that they could weaken the military power of the imperial court.

So the next coalition army of nearly 30,000 people swayed all the way towards Di Dao, and camped down every day after only twenty or thirty miles of progress, which was very comfortable from top to bottom, because in their opinion, if the imperial court soldiers and horses were really difficult to fight, then surrender collectively, anyway, Liangzhou is such a big court, and they also need these local snakes to control Liangzhou.

Five days later, one hundred and eighty miles north of Di Dao, south of Shouyang County, Yan Xing chose a place to rest by the mountains and rivers today, with a small river in the west and continuous mountains in the north.

Today, Yan Xing received a letter from the father and son of the Cheng family, urging them to march quickly, saying that now Tai Shici and Zhang Liao had arrived outside Di Dao City, and since Zhang Liao's troops were all cavalry, they did not dare to go out of the city to attack again. However, the imperial army did not launch a fierce attack on the city because of the lack of infantry, and it was able to withstand it for the time being. But the scouts learned that Zhang Ji would arrive later, and it would only take two or three days at most. Zhang Ji may storm after arriving, and ask them to make sure that several of their coalition troops must arrive at Di Dao within three days, otherwise Di Dao may be in danger.

Everyone laughed when they saw the letters of the father and son, and the candidate said: "This father and son will show their insincerity vividly." The previous raid successfully said that the siege of three or four troops and horses of the imperial court could hold for ten days and half a month, but now it is just an infantry that can't bear it, and Zhang Ji's people don't know where they are to urge me to wait, hahaha. ”

Although Yan Xing was very happy in his heart, he still tried his best to show the appearance of the boss, and his expression was serious: "You still have to be serious, as much as possible before Zhang Ji arrives, otherwise it will be besieged by the imperial army, and it will not be easy for our army to enter the city." ”

The candidate didn't care: "Defending the city is a matter of becoming a father and son, let them be turtles and stay honest in the city, we will recuperate and fight with the court outside the city, we are cavalry, and it is inconvenient to enter the city." General Yan is the first warrior in Liangzhou, and he will have a good time when Zhang Ji arrives. ”

Yang Qiu also hurriedly coaxed: "Yes, yes, when you get there, Yan Shuai must pick the traitor Zhang Ji of Liangzhou under the horse, so as to deter the imperial court soldiers and horses." Yan Xingming knew that a few people were instigating him to single out Zhang Ji with bad intentions, but he was very confident that if he really gave him the opportunity to face the enemy's main general alone, whether it was Zhang Ji or Zhang Liao or Tai Shici, he would definitely not let go of the great opportunity to become famous.

So no one mentioned the matter of the rapid march again, but they all speculated that Zhang Ji would be able to walk a few rounds under Yan Xing. Then there was another burst of laughter in the military tent. Yan Xing still feasted everyone as usual.

At the third watch of the night, Yan Xing woke up from his sleep, and his perennial military career made him very sensitive to the sound of horses' hooves. And when he hurried out of the tent, the sound of horses' hooves became clearer, and several experienced cavalrymen were lying on the ground listening with their ears on the ground, judging the distance and number of the enemy by the sound.

After a while, an old soldier looked at Yan Xing with a pale face and stretched out two fingers. Yan Xing frowned: "Two thousand? Could it be that the father and son of the family were defeated and retreated here? How could they be so fast, but they have 10,000 people, and if they want to run and ride, they can come out 5 or 6,000. ”

The man shook his head and continued to lie on the ground listening,???????????????? The other few people all stretched out two fingers in Yan Xing's urging gaze. Yan Xing was not calm: "Twenty thousand? Could it be that the father and son of the family still invited a few reinforcements from the Qiang tribe? Why didn't you let us know in advance? Command all ministries to be vigilant! ”

Although the relationship between Han Sui and the others in Liangzhou and the Qiang tribes is not bad, and there are still many Qiang people in their army, this late night march and no notice in advance, in case these Qiang people have water in their brains and want to rob their people's food, it will be troublesome, so it is wise to let the army guard in advance.

As soon as the herald went down, Yang Qiu's camp, which was suddenly close to the mountains to the north, suddenly burst into flames, and then there was a shout of killing! Yan Xing frowned again: "Send someone to see, what is Yang Qiu's old man doing?" ”

Yang Qiu had the least number of soldiers and horses, and Yan Xing took care of him so that he stayed in the rear mountain when he set up camp, but he didn't expect it to catch fire in the middle of the night. It is estimated that someone accidentally caused it when they were drunk.

It's just that the sound of horses' hooves in the south is getting louder and louder, and several experienced veterans all stand up and say the same answer, at least more than 20,000 cavalry are coming.

Yan Xing no longer hesitated and said to the herald on standby: "Let the front battalion send out scouts to intercept it, no matter which tribe it is, they are not allowed to come within three miles of our camp." ”

However, before the heralds could descend, a large number of scouts retreated from the front, some covered in blood. Then there was a sound of fighting in the horse play department of the front camp, it was friend or foe!

Yan Xing finally understood that no matter whether it was the Qiang or not, it was the enemy who came anyway, so he immediately ordered the whole battalion to prepare, and he himself returned to the camp to wear armor. Since there were as many as two enemies, tonight was destined to be a bitter battle, and Yan Xing naturally had to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible.

By the time Yan Xing came out again, the sound of horses' hooves was already close at hand, and the horse play in the front camp couldn't stop the enemy at all, and some of the cavalry had already directly bypassed the horse play camp and killed in front of Yan Xing's camp.

A pro-soldier playing with horses stumbled into the camp and knelt down in front of Yan Xing, and said in fear: "Yan Shuai, it's Zhang Liaobu who came, all heavy cavalry!"

Yan Xing gasped, how did Zhang Liao get here, it's still 20,000 heavy cavalry! Along the way, because of the letters of the father and son, they did not even send out ordinary marching scouts, which caused the enemy to stab around their camp.

Yan Xing chose such a location to camp originally to avoid the north wind, but he didn't expect that the enemy would choose this place as the venue for the decisive battle. The Liangzhou rebels were mostly light cavalry, with an advantage in speed, and if they could be dispersed in the open grassland, they would be on par with Zhang Liao by virtue of their speed advantage and numerical superiority. But in this case, if Zhang Liao is blocked at the foot of the mountain and pushes sideways like this with heavy cavalry, it will definitely be his own side that suffers.

Then Yan Xing thought of the fire in Yang Qiu's camp in the rear, which should be the enemy's scouts who took advantage of the night to make trouble. It's his own carelessness, isn't the father and son of the family a book, Zhang Liao is still in Di Dao? How can the heavy cavalry march faster than the scouts who deliver the letters? However, since Zhang Liao came, he had no choice but to think about anything else, and he had to face the battle head-on, and only by blocking the enemy's first wave of attack could it be possible to organize a counterattack in Xiangyang or leave the battlefield.

It's just that when Yan Xing's drape is completed, he appears at the Yuanmen,???????????????? There was another shout of killing on the left, where is Liang Xing's camp, the enemy's cavalry should not have arrived yet, why did the sound of shouting and killing come from?

Liang Xing was also very depressed, and when the boss ordered him to be more vigilant, he did not continue to sleep, but began to put on with the help of his own soldiers, but thought that his position should take the initiative to assist the commander to resist the enemy cavalry. However, when his infantry cavalry came out of the camp, he found that there were a large number of heavy infantry coming on, and in the darkness he saw the special two big characters of Taishi on the banner, Liang Xing immediately scolded his mother in his heart, what are the father and son doing, Taishi Ci has come here, can he do it? The father and son must have provided false information, or the imperial soldiers and horses did not go to besiege their city at all, but went north.

Although he was unhappy in his heart, he was still confident in blocking these heavy infantry, and although there were not many soldiers and horses under his command, most of them were cavalry. Cheng Gongying can make a successful surprise attack, and he can also break through head-on.

Liang Xing then gathered all the strange soldiers in his headquarters and headed towards Tai Shici's infantry phalanx, and the result was naturally very miserable, because the cavalry in the dark was not mentally prepared for close combat with the Mo Dao soldiers, and just thought that if his cavalry touched the enemy's infantry phalanx, there would definitely be chaos.

However, when Liang Xing left the camp and did not complete the start, he found that he was surrounded by the Taishi Ci Division, with heavy infantry in front and Shenjian Bow in the back. Finally, like Cheng Gongying, he saw the feasible lethality of these cavalry.

Tai Shi Ci relied on the neat phalanx of heavy infantry and the rain of arrows shot by the dense Mo sword and the even denser Divine Arm Bow. These Liangzhou cavalry, who are accustomed to being casual, used to encounter powerful mouths, which are also Liangzhou cavalry. But now their cavalry speed is not running, and they have to face the Mo knife that is cut in two!

Poof, poof, poof...... The cold light flashed and danced, Liang Xing's subordinates were beaten all of a sudden, they were different from Cheng Gongying, they were the main attack to launch a night attack, they were passively surrounded, psychologically they were already at a disadvantage, now they saw that their cavalry was not the opponent of the enemy's infantry archers at all, and there were dense archers behind the enemy, and the sound of swishing bows and arrows was like a reminder.