The sound of the reverberating sound echoed on the official road, and it was the sound of countless soldiers and horses marching rapidly.

Shaanxi has been in a series of droughts, many places have no vegetation cover, the soil has even been dried up and cracked, and whenever the wind blows, a large amount of dust is rolled up.

Chen Wang narrowed his eyes and lowered his head slightly, the dry loess dust and mud were swept by the rapid wind, blowing on the armor on his body, and a lot of wind and sand also blew towards his face.

In Shaanxi in June, although it was not yet the hottest time, he was wearing heavy iron armor, wearing an iron helmet, and facing the scorching sun.

The wind and sand blew from the cracks onto the skin, and it was stuck with sweat, disturbing people extremely uncomfortable.

But all this did not make Chen Wang's mood change much.

Cao Wenzhao ordered Chen Wang to listen to the military order issued by Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao ordered to march quickly, and ordered Cao Bianjiao to stop, that is, he was afraid that the lone army of the forward would fall into a deep encirclement, so he led the army to respond.

Although there are less than 2,700 people here, there are not many soldiers but they are fine, and almost all of these soldiers are veterans of wars, following Cao Wenzhao all the way to the south and the north, and they all have experience in war fighting.

The saber and bow and arrow at his waist were a heavy reliance of Chen Wang.

And these soldiers are the second insurance of this battle.

Although the enemy army is numerous, most of them are a rabble, and those who can fight are only a few old soldiers.

Fighting head-on, even if there are more than ten times as many thieves, they can also fight.

Historical records, after all, are only historical records, and Chen Wang did not fully believe in historical books.

The record says that there were tens of thousands of thieves in ambush, but most of them are just exaggerations.

If Li Zicheng really had tens of thousands of cavalry under his command, then Cao Wenzhao would never have been able to fight for several miles, and he would have been submerged by the sea of cavalry long ago.

And it is absolutely impossible for Cao Bianjiao to escape from the encirclement with 500 cavalry, and even gathered the defeated troops after the war and reorganized them into a battalion.

It was able to be reorganized into a battalion, which proves that in this battle, after the defeat of the Ming army, many soldiers fled.

Tens of thousands of cavalry, I am afraid that the entire thirty-six battalions of cavalry can only reach this number.

It is still the eighth year of Chongzhen, but not the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and the Ming army is still on the strong side.

Chen Wang's eyes flickered, looking around at the surrounding scene.

Turning around the town, you will enter the mountain range, on both sides of the official road are some fields that have been destroyed, and then there are mountain ranges one after another, and the view is greatly limited.

The mountains on both sides are steep, and they are not good places to set up ambushes, and there are no soldiers to hide.

But at the end of the road ahead, the mountains were gradually slowing down, and the official road was between the two mountains.

The road that the striker had just walked, Cao Wenzhao did not send scouts to investigate, because if there were ambushes, then the striker and the forward scouts would definitely be discovered first.

If it is Henan, Nanzhili and other places, Cao Wenzhao's arrangement naturally does not have any problems, but this is Shaanxi.

Li Zicheng and others were born in Shaanxi, and they are particularly familiar with the topography of Shaanxi.

This is also the key to the success of its successive ambushes.

Cao Wenzhao was worried that the forward was ambushed, and his mind was involved in the forward cavalry, but he did not expect that the target of the ambush was not the striker, but the follow-up infantry led by him.

Along the way, the army continued to climb upward, and the trend of the mountains on both sides slowed down more and more.

Chen Wang's gaze swept over the slopes on both sides, and he didn't see any hints of an ambush, anything wrong.

They had reached the top of the official road, and from here the road began to descend, and the downhill road began to become rough.

The military order to stop was also conveyed, and Cao Wenzhao dragged his war horse to a slightly higher mound, condescendingly observing the enemy's situation.

Chen Wang, as a family member, naturally followed Cao Wenzhao.

Standing at the top of the slope, the view is extremely open, just below the hillside is a large plain, both sides of the plain are unobstructed, and you can already see the rout of the thieves in the distance.

The thieves were indeed in a rout, and it was clear from the top of the slope.

Behind the chaotic thieves, several red dragons were leaping back and forth over the plains, splitting them.

There is no doubt that it is the forward cavalry led by Cao Bianjiao, and when you look at it condescendingly, the cavalry formation composed of each cavalry is like a fire dragon.

Chen Wang's heart suddenly changed, he understood why Cao Wenzhao had been on the battlefield for a long time, but he would still be ambushed.

The thieves in this battle are indeed really defeated, Cao Bianjiao's pursuit, and Cao Wenzhao's response are no problem.

It's just that Li Zicheng used these thieves who were really defeated as bait to lure the Ming army to take the bait.

The road from the top to the descent is quite rugged, with gentle hills on both sides, numerous valleys, and it is not surprising that tens of thousands of troops are hidden behind it.

Once Cao Wenzhao leads the army downward, the ambushes on both sides are all volleyed in many places, and the battlefield can be divided into more than a dozen pieces in an instant, and the military formation is broken, and it is difficult to take care of the beginning and the end.

It's just that there is not the slightest abnormality between the hills and mountains on both sides of the official road, which makes Chen Wang hesitate for a while.

He can't afford to make a mistake, and this is indeed the best time to warn, but if he finds out that there is no enemy hiding after finding out the hills on both sides, he will not be able to shoulder this responsibility.

If you delay the fighter plane, you should be punished.

Just as Chen Wang was still hesitating, the black dot above the sky on the left side of his field of vision attracted his attention.

This body is skillful in bow horses, and has excellent eyesight, but before I didn't pay attention to it, I just thought it was a black spot, but when I paid attention, Chen Wang saw it really, and those black spots that kept jumping were birds.

Because the distance is too far, and there are only a few of them, they have been subconsciously ignored before.

Cao Wenzhao in front had already raised his right hand, as if he was ready to order to continue the march.

"General!"

Chen Wang kicked the horse's belly and drove the war horse to take a step forward.

Cao Wenzhao's body was stunned, and his right hand, which was hanging in mid-air, also froze in the air.

He turned around and followed the prestige, just in time to see Chen Wang, who was being watched by everyone.

Chen Wang's voice at this time not only attracted the attention of Cao Wenzhao, but also attracted the attention of a group of family members.

As family members, their duty is to charge into battle, and they never say anything superfluous on the battlefield.

Advice is a matter for the school, and it has nothing to do with them.

was suddenly watched by so many people, and there was also a gaze from Cao Wenzhao.

The huge pressure came to his face, and Chen Wang could even hear the sudden beating of his own heart.

"There are birds flying over the hills on the left, and I'm afraid there are ambushes hidden underneath!"

Chen Wang pulled the war horse, took a step forward again, and under tremendous pressure, raised his hand and pointed to the sky above the hill on the left to say what he had found.

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, and they all looked in the direction pointed by Chen Wang, and sure enough, they saw a few flying birds circling.

Although the distance is far away, the cavalry who can be selected to become a family member are all skilled in archers and horses, and there are no people with low eyesight.

"Spin but not fall!?"

Cao Wenzhao's heart suddenly froze, and his eyes suddenly condensed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his whip and immediately issued a military order.

"Order the whole army, form a military formation, and prepare for battle to meet the enemy!"

"Blow the trumpet to warn!"

"Woo————"

The muffled sound of the horn sounded on the hillside in an instant.

On the official road, the Ming military academy standing on the outside of the queue all looked stunned.

"Warning call!"

They all heard what the sound of the trumpet meant.

This is the sound of the trumpet that the army will only blow when it is about to engage the enemy, which means that the enemy attack is coming!

But there was no one around, only bare mountains, scattered trees and yellow weeds, and there was no human figure at all.

Commands are like mountains, and they must not be disobeyed.

In peacetime, Cao Wenzhao ruled the army strictly, and although the military academies did not know what to do, they all firmly carried out the general orders issued by Cao Wenzhao.

"Formation!" "Prepare for the enemy!"

Flags waved on the official road, and the military academies with bright helmets shouted loudly with their swords, gathering the surrounding soldiers, and they were all doing their best to carry out the military orders they received.

Although it was a rapid march, the Ming army still maintained a basic queue.

After receiving the military order, the "bureau" unit quickly began to form a military formation.