"Master, you wait for me!" Cao Mang quickly slapped his horse and followed, and everyone behind him moved forward.

The face of the officer and soldier garrison changed greatly, and after several ups and downs in his heart, he seemed to finally confirm that he had been ambushed, and now the fast cavalry in the rear was still piling up, and the formation in front was about to be unstable, and on the mountains on both sides, they couldn't see clearly how many enemies were hiding.

He only had one thought now: "This group of thieves is different from what they have encountered before, they are too cunning, they have been ambushed, ambushed!" He ordered the messengers around him to raise their shouts, trying to coordinate with their flags and voices to replenish the reserves that were rushing to both flanks.

But at this time, where is the battlefield still under his control, the soldiers who stopped in front of the trap belt in front of the front quickly swirled around the horses, and the galloping in the rear was not able to slow down at all, and the hoarded men and horses were crowded with each other, and the chaos was in a mess, and the rear team blocked in front of them, and they couldn't support it at the first time.

Finally organized two teams to support the flanks, Yang Taisui, who was dozens of steps apart in front, had already rushed to the front of their front team, it turned out that they were close to the edge of the foot of the mountain, leaving two paths, two sandbags like fists, after the fierce impact, left and right slapped in the front of the official army.

"Get on the horse! Get on the horse! Yang Taisui shouted vigorously, slapped the horse's back with a whip with his left hand, and led Cao Mang, who was fighting for the second time, into the enemy formation.

After he shouted, the rain of quickstones on both wings of the valley weakened visibly, and then on the gentle slope, one hundred and ten thieves jumped down from their prancing horses, and they all poured into the ranks of thieves who had retreated from the front of the formation, and quickly retreated.

Yang Taisui actually knew very well in his heart that with the manpower in their hands, they could get rid of one or two hundred-man teams of the other party, which was already a very rich record, and it was impossible to completely annihilate the enemy's thousand-man team.

The strategic purpose of this battle has been achieved, which is nothing more than to delay the enemy's pursuit, so that the large forces can have more time to rush to the terrain favorable to them.

Everything seemed to be going according to his expectations, but he didn't know why his heart was beating so violently before the action began, until now, he had only cut more than a dozen people, and his breath was so bad.

"In charge, you withdraw first, and I'll resist the rest!" Cao Mang woke him up from that strange emotion with a shout, he didn't hear the other party's words clearly at all, he just subconsciously shouted:

"Let's go, Cao Er!"

Yang Taisui made a big move, and the scattered team quickly gathered and leaned towards the rear of the two, and met the two leaders, forming a small long snake array, head and tail correspondingly, and then retreated backwards.

The officers and soldiers were already in chaos, and under the weak pursuit, Yang Taisui and the others soon retreated smoothly from the chaotic formation of the officials and troops.

Due to the lack of pioneers, the officers and soldiers suddenly saw the movement of the thieves retreating, not only did they lose the idea of pursuing deeply, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Garrison, do we still have to chase?" The general who caught up next to him came and asked.

Seeing this scene, the official and military garrison looked into the distance and said: "After taking advantage of the advantage, he retreated, thinking that he also knew that it was difficult to defeat with their manpower, and there must be fraud in this." ”

At this time, he no longer had the mentality of underestimating the enemy before, and the level of this ambush army gave him too many surprises. Whether it is from the use of troops, the deployment of formations, and the cooperation, they are all at a level higher than what he encountered before, and they do not match the intelligence when they entered Shaanxi, and a point of view suddenly popped up in his mind: they are growing.

Truly.

After so many years of fighting between officials and bandits, not only have a large number of officers and soldiers mastered the tactics of thieves, but also the ranks of thieves are also improving and growing.

"There are only two or three hundred people, and there is a flat river in front of you, there should be no fraud, right?" Another general, who had returned from the front, followed.

The garrison raised his horsewhip and pointed to the somewhat tragic battlefield ahead: "How dare two or three hundred people be so strong? I dare to conclude that even if they were the remnants of the camp that flowed out of Heishuiyu, they must have gathered other defeated troops, and they must have gathered a large momentum, and maybe they had pockets somewhere, waiting for us to drill. ”

After that, he stroked his beard, a sudden fiasco, had already woken him up, and the feeling of meeting his opponent made him sleepy for a moment.

"Let's stop here to repair, wait for reinforcements from the rear to come up, and set up a team of twelve rangers, a team of six, three miles and one station, spread forward, and explore the road ahead for me first."

The general, who followed behind, said again: "My lord, this will surely slow down our march greatly, and if the thieves had not set up an ambush, would they not have fled under our noses?" ”

The generals in the front were naturally the main pursuers and main battles, not to mention that they did not want to gain face, and those who followed in the rear chose not to speak and obeyed orders without many casualties.

The garrison insisted on its own opinion, and the general had no choice but to retreat unwillingly.

Yang Taisui had only run three or four miles, but he had already turned his head to look back seven or eight times, unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers did not catch up, he couldn't help but think, was it because he had beaten them too painfully just now? Or met a group of smart people.

Yang Kai and the others, who were aware of the fighting between the brothers in the rear and the official army, hurriedly urged the large army, and finally entered a forest on the way back to Yang Taisui.

They ambushed their troops in the mountains, ready to wait for the officials and soldiers to send them to the door, but unexpectedly, they only waited for Yang Taisui, who had lost more than 20 people, and they fell into a new choice.

Do you want to leave or stay in this situation now?

Continue to walk, afraid that the official army will bite them and ambush here, and he is afraid that the official army reinforcements will come up and will not have an advantage, in this regard, Yang Kai can only give the judgment that the official army will come back is about a team of about 3,000 people, and he advocates that it can be fought.

Coming up with this decision, of course, it was not his random speculation. The first is to refer to the previous arrangement of Qin Yiming to divide his troops to pursue the Liukou when he got the fake news, and the second is that Hong Chengchou hurriedly summoned them over, he must have important arrangements for them, he is not good at dividing too many people, and weakening their strength to go to support.

Compared with the pre-war conditions of the two sides, they were both long-distance raids and had comparable physical strength; Although they were the remnants of the defeated army, Yang Taisui had already won a small victory, and their morale was comparable; Both sides know the approximate location of the other party and what tactics they want to use; But they also had an advantage, that is, the official army did not know the living power of their remnants, and Yang Kai speculated the size of the official army.

Cavalry, spearmen, and archers each have a formation. The distance is long, and even if the officers and soldiers are equipped with standard armor, it is impossible to send them.

But Gao Yingen thought that such an advantage was minimal, and it was almost quite a head-to-head confrontation with the two armies. According to the map, their approximate location is in the south of Shangluo Mountain, from the bamboo forest pass through the Danshui River, after breaking the Wuguan is the junction of Lushi County in Henan and Shaanxi, the whole route is less than 100 miles, under the normal marching situation, one day and one night is enough.

But crossing the river is particularly crucial, as long as they can cross the river before the officers and troops catch up with them, the chances of getting rid of this pursuing army will be greatly increased. After comprehensive analysis, the minority obeyed the decision of the majority, and they did not hesitate to abandon the position in front of them and continued to set off in the direction of Zhulin Pass.

And the official army behind them was destined not to give Yang Kai these moments easily, and they bit tightly behind them, like a wolf observing their prey.

The cavalry battalion garrison, which had been able to get a glimpse of the whole picture of this group of rogues because they insisted on not daring again, was also secretly taken aback, a remnant of four or five thousand people, which was far beyond their expectations.

They had two remaining troops, and by noon the next day, they had come up to formally join the cavalry battalion, re-divide their horses, and form a cavalry battalion of nearly 2,000 men.

The command also came into the hands of a staff general who followed, the general's name was Zhu Youcai, the rank of military attache of the third grade, and the official position in the battalion was only under the general soldier Qin Yiming.

The sun is gradually moving westward, the sky is clear, and the blue sky is rarely cloudy. Yang Kai and the others went out of the southern part of Shangluo Mountain and gradually entered Pingchuan.

Probably smelling the dangerous smell in the air, Yang Kai and the others found a place to rest. Most of them had not eaten for a whole day, Han Bin hurriedly led people to fetch water and came back, and the gang leader began to cook on the spot, so that the brothers who had been hungry for a day could cushion their stomachs before they could meet the enemy and fight.

Then, in order to quickly recover the horsepower, the horses were led to a position close to the battle, and they dismounted, took out the forage to feed the horses, and gently stroked the horse's body, so that the horses could quietly lean down and regain some strength.

Once on the battlefield, the mount is the second life of the soldiers.

3,000 against their more than 4,000 soldiers, although they have a slight advantage in numbers, they are far inferior in armament, they are not superior in terrain, and the officers and troops are slightly stronger in horsepower.

Gao Yingen personally came to the front of the battle to command, and transferred two teams of 1,000 people from the old management team around him to act as the main force of the façade; Yang Taisui's troops were placed in the position of the Chinese army, as a second array, and attacked alternately with the two thousand soldiers in front; The other two veteran management team led people to cruise around and chatted about strategies.

In addition, he sent more than 500 people from his headquarters to continue to the east with the old and weak, women and children, and supplies to find out the situation at Zhulin Pass, and they were ready to cross the river at any time after they left the war.

At the beginning of the order, the old management team at the forefront did not agree, accepted their horses, and supplied the front camp, but now let them take the lead, which made Yang Taisui not very embarrassed, and stood up for the first time to ask for help, but was rejected by Gao Yingen.

He also has a certain intention in arranging this way, thinking that it is impossible for the official army to be pressed by the whole army at the beginning, they will send a team to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the thieves to rush for a while, and according to the effect of this formation, and then make adjustments later, showing the enemy to be weak, the word is what he learned from Yang Kai. In the end, the order was so, and it was difficult for the people to refute it.

At the end, Gao Yingen shouted loudly to the army: "Brothers, the battle in front of us is not a strategic arrangement, and now the time for revenge has come, we broke into the camp and fell into such a field, and all the officers and troops were defeated, in the morning, we can fight against one thousand with two hundred, and now, our more than 4,000 soldiers are no match for their three thousand thieves?"

Mr. Yang's team has already tried it for us, and there is nothing terrible about their officers and soldiers, they are all people, they don't have a few more lives than us, and they will die if they are cut down! Won, end their doom in Shaanxi with a victory into Henan, we will be able to regroup, your credit and I Gao Yingen will be recorded in the credit book, and no one will forget it in the future, money and thieves, together! ”

Zhenbei, the pro-soldier beside him, shouted: "Money and thieves, let's do it together!" ”