Outside the city of Pizhou, the sound of horns is endless.

Smoke billowed from the northwest, and it was wolf smoke released from the outpost as a warning.

Chen Wang held the reins in his left hand and the horsewhip in his right hand, and rode a war horse to follow Cao Wenzhao out of the camp and climb a high slope.

When he heard the sound of the horn of the Chinese army, Chen Wang did not dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to the Chinese army.

Soon after he arrived, several other generals in the army also arrived.

There were three puffs of wolf smoke burning in the northwest, and the three puffs of wolf smoke in the previous notice referred to the most serious situation - more than 100,000 thieves rushed in.

Although Chen Wang had been prepared in his heart, he was still slightly depressed when he saw the three puffs of black smoke rising.

And when he followed Cao Wenzhao up the high slope and looked to the northwest, his heart was even colder.

Different from the gentle Guanzhong, Pingliang Mansion has a rugged terrain, many mountains, rivers and hills, and the cities in the province are basically on the same line.

At a glance, in addition to the mountains on both sides, there are only countless dense black masses in the central area.

The vast and boundless, the crowd is black and silted together like a wave, and there is no edge at all.

There are 10,000 people, boundless, and 100,000 people, all over the sky.

Moreover, among these 100,000 rogues, there are not only people, but also livestock such as mules and horses, as well as all kinds of vehicles, and the team is extremely large.

In the distance, there were bursts of fire and smoke, which was the direction of the town where it was located.

The town at the confluence of the two rivers was now in flames.

Everyone's faces were already solemn, even Cao Wenzhao was no exception.

"This group of rogues is not the main force, they don't receive reports at night, and they only see the banners of Gao Yingen, the one-word king, and the king of hitting the sky in the rogue team."

Zuo Liangyu drove the war horse to Cao Wenzhao's side and said to Cao Wenzhao.

He had been hanging behind the Liukou in Pingliang Mansion, won a few battles in a small way, and won a lot of merits.

Later, he was stationed in Yilu Town according to the order, and he also fought with the thieves of Pingliang Mansion, and he also knew a little about his heels.

"At that time, the bandits I and I encountered were not strong, although there were many horse teams, but there were few fine horses."

Cao Wenzhao nodded, and both he and Zuo Liangyu received news from the southwest.

"Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, as well as Ma Shouying are all in the southwest, He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang are all elite, although Tian Yinglong is slightly worse, but it is also stronger than ordinary border troops."

"The main elite of the thieves should be in the southwest, otherwise it would be impossible for the three of them to defeat two battles in a row with more than 6,000 troops."

Cao Wenzhao raised his horsewhip and pointed in the direction in front of the town.

"Look at their horse team."

"Most of the horse teams are scattered, sparse, uneven, and not in formation, these should be the horsemen among them, only a few cavalry are closely formed, these are the enemy's elite cavalry."

Zuo Liangyu stepped forward a little and looked in the direction pointed by Cao Wenzhao.

Chen Wang followed behind Cao Wenzhao and also looked into the distance together.

Previously, Chen Wang's attention had always been at the rear of Zhukou Town, where there were the infantry teams and the old and weak of the Liukou, the largest and densest in number, and the most eye-catching.

When Chen Wang moved his gaze to look ahead, he could see the difference between the two at a glance.

"Although the general formation of the Liukou has not changed, the surrounding infantry team has been scattered and revealed a lot of flaws, the distance between the front and back of the forward horse team is too far, and the thief chief is in the center of the horse team, not the forward leader, which proves that he does not have strong control over it."

Cao Wenzhao put down the whip and pulled up the reins of the war horse under the seat.

"This rogue should basically be a newly attached hungry people, and the combat power is not strong."

Zuo Liangyu's eyes moved slightly, and he proposed.

"Since these thieves are now scarce and the elites are all in the southwest, it is better to concentrate on the elite cavalry to defeat the vanguard horse team of these thieves first and frustrate their spirits."

Cao Wenzhao did not immediately answer Zuo Liangyu's proposal, his gaze still wandered on the Liukou at the bottom of the hillside.

Zuo Liangyu's proposal coincided with what Chen Wang had in mind.

If you can kill and wound for a while, even if you don't kill many people, as long as you win for a while, you can not only boost your own morale, but also make the enemy army feel more fear and suppress their morale.

The level of morale has a great impact on victory or defeat.

In the ambush battle in the north of Hutou Town, those battalion soldiers from Datong can hold bird guns and three-eyed guns, without any protection in front of them, and face the charging formation of thieves and elite cavalry, and only shoot and release guns after the order is given.

And when Chongzhen was in the seventh year, the rear with a chariot as protection in the field really couldn't help but open the gun in advance.

Both times there were Warlords, but the end result was very different.

The Ming army on the nine sides could not defeat the Houjin soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and a large part of the reason was actually psychological problems.

Because of the successive defeats, the Ming army on the nine sides was often in a disadvantageous position psychologically when facing the Jin soldiers after the battle, and it was good that the battle situation had the upper hand.

It's just that when the slightest sign of defeat is revealed, panic will quickly spread throughout the army, and then lead to the collapse of the army.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, there was a very strange situation.

At that time, Li Zicheng had already established Dashun, and the Ming army and the Shun army basically lost more than won the battle.

But those Ming troops who faced the Shun army and could even be said to be about to collapse at the touch of a button, but after being surrendered by the Qing army, their courage doubled, and they even pressed the Shun army to fight for a time.

Cao Wenzhao's eyes were cold, and he finally shook his head and vetoed Zuo Liangyu's proposal.

"Nope."

Cao Wenzhao glanced back at Pizhou City behind him.

"Gao Yingxiang in the southwest led his troops to attack Fengxiang, and Hui Dengxiang and Li Zicheng in the north also wanted to go south, and their goal was Guanzhong."

"Now this thief army in Pingliang Mansion is also attacking Pizhou, and they want to advance in three ways and enter Xi'an."

"In that case, let them in and fight."

"Put it in and fight?"

Zuo Liangyu's expression was slightly condensed, and he didn't understand what Cao Wenzhao meant.

"Yes."

Cao Wenzhao nodded.

"There are only 2,300 people under Zhang Waijia's command, and it is already the limit to be able to hold Sanshui in the north."

"If Gao Yingxiang advances eastward at this time, there are only four or five thousand soldiers left under He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang, and they have lost two battles in a row, they will definitely not be able to stop Gao Yingxiang, Fengxiang Mansion has already been eroded, and the military gate is afraid that they will give up Fengxiang Mansion and guard Guanzhong with all their might."

"But the military gate is now stationed in Chunhua, and there are only more than 2,000 pacesetters under his command, even if he wants to support He Renlong, I am afraid that he will not be defeated."

"If He Renlong and Zhang Quanchang can't withstand the situation in Xingping, it is actually useless for us to hold Pizhou."

Zuo Liangyu's expression became more and more solemn, he only considered this battle, but did not consider the overall situation.

"Once Gao Yingxiang leads the army out of Fengxiang Mansion and breaks through Qianzhou or Xingping in the south, if we don't evacuate Pizhou at that time, there will be a danger that the back road will be cut off and we will be surrounded in Pizhou."

"So ......"

Cao Wenzhao held the reins in his hand and turned the horse's head.

"It's better to put these thieves under the city of Pizhou."

His eyes flashed with a palpitating killing intent.

"Kill them all......"