In the early morning, mist covers the land.

A baggage convoy with hundreds of carts set off from Xiongyue Station and headed for Gaizhou City.

They robbed the people of Fuzhou and the southern part of Gaizhou, and went back to Zhao Yuanliang to give revenge.

When he marched to Yulinpu, he suddenly killed a group of people and stopped the way.

"Haha...... God-damn officers and soldiers are here to deliver food again! ”

The young man at the head covered his left eye with a rag and carried a large knife on his shoulder.

The thieves behind him also laughed.

"Humph! You bandits, you are going to make a big deal today! ”

The chief general who escorted the grain and grass waved his hand.

Change has happened.

The people who were transporting the grain carts drew their weapons from under the carts.

It turned out that these people were all soldiers in disguise.

Immediately afterward, an unknown number of soldiers emerged from the cart.

These people spread out into a fan, not only intending to block the way of the thieves, but also began to attempt to surround the thieves.

At the same time, a rattling arrow was sent out, and it rushed into the sky with a swish, and exploded with a thud.

A moment later, the neighing of horses was heard in the distance, followed by the roar of horses' hooves.

A cavalry stepped on the frost and rushed in the face.

The commander who led this cavalry was none other than Zhao Yuanliang.

"Dare to thief, dare to rob my army rations! If I don't kill you today, I will live in vain. ”

Zhao Yuanliang shouted loudly and ordered the cavalry to speed up and attack this bold thief army.

When the leader of the thieves saw that the situation was not good, he shouted: "Brothers, the officers and troops are strong, withdraw quickly!" ”

With that, he flicked his horse's head and led the retreat to the east.

The rest of the thieves also quickly turned around and fled.

Since they are fleeing, there is no formation to speak of, and the thieves are like elks that are driven all over the mountains during hunting.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanliang put his mind at ease and shouted: "Chase me!" We must wipe out all these thieves! "He led the cavalry in close pursuit.

We must wipe out this gang of thieves who don't know the height of the sky!

Most of the thieves were foot soldiers, and a few rode horses. Even if you ride a horse, you are not good at riding, and you are swaying on horseback.

It was freezing and snowy, and Zhao Yuanliang and the soldiers under his command did not dare to ride too fast.

At the same time, he mistakenly thought how far these people could run on two legs, and he was not in a hurry to chase them.

Despite this, Zhao Yuanliang and the cavalry led by him gradually approached this group of thieves.

"Haha...... You're dead. ”

Zhao Yuanliang laughed and urged his cavalry to speed up.

However, he forgot that the topography of Gaizhou is a stepped landform with high east and low west. The further east you go, the less suitable the terrain is for cavalry charges.

In a few moments, both groups entered a col.

The terrain on both sides of the col is not high, but it is conducive to ambushes.

Zhao Yuanliang experienced a hundred battles, and immediately found that the situation was not good, and restrained the war horse.

He raised his hand high, and the cavalry behind him stopped one after another.

The cavalry wanted to charge on both sides here, which was tantamount to attacking from the back.

In addition, the ground was very slippery and the enemy only needed to use rolling wood and stones to block the cavalry charge.

"Not good! Get out of here! ”

Before the words fell, Zhao Yuanliang heard the sound of war drums.

Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock ......!

The neat drums, with the unusually neat pace, beat on the hearts of Zhao Yuanliang and the cavalry under his command.

The heart of every cavalryman was raised to the throat.

Soon, pikemen appeared on the high ground on both sides of the col. The big flag fluttered in the wind, and the flag was written on it - Water Word Camp, Fire Word Camp.

At the same time, soldiers and horses appeared on the front and rear sides of the col, cavalry in the rear, and the horse-repulsion array hidden under the snow in front was swept away, and archers appeared behind the horse-repelling array.

Zhao Yuanliang's heart sank to the bottom.

What shocked him even more was the appearance of that banner - Yang.

The archers consciously gave way to a road, and Yang Chengying rode his horse to appear behind the rejection array.

"Brother Zhao, don't come unharmed."

Yang Cheng should be on horseback and salute Zhao Yuanliang with a fist.

Zhao Yuanliang returned the salute and said coldly: "It turned out to be your conspiracy." ”

He saw that the so-called leader of the thieves behind Yang Chengying was actually a young man of the same age as Yang Chengying, and he knew that all his actions had fallen into the other party's calculations.

"Brother Zhao, you and I used to be comrades. I don't know anything, please Brother Zhao sue me. ”

Yang Cheng was sure of victory, and still asked gently: "Why did Brother Zhao betray the Ming Dynasty and take refuge in Jianyu?" ”

Zhao Yuanliang snorted coldly, and said angrily: "From top to bottom, which general doesn't use military salary to support his family, why only arrest me alone!" ”

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to the collapse of the guard system, the Ming court began to implement the conscription system. But he couldn't abandon the original system, so he came up with a method that was not a way, to support his family privately.

The general's salary was not enough to support his family, so he was greedy for military salaries and used military salaries to support his families.

Knowing a lot about this, Yang Chengying asked: "Brother Zhao is Xiong Jingluo's cronies, why don't you tell Xiong Jingliu and ask him to make decisions for you?" ”

"Why haven't I looked for Xiong Jingluo! However, Xiong Jingluo and Wang Huazhen were at odds, and Wang Huazhen didn't give me the slightest chance. ”

Zhao Yuanliang vomited bitterness, "A few days ago, Xiong Jingluo clearly conveyed to the army, asking all armies to strictly defend their own towns and not take the initiative to attack. ”

"But Wang Huazhen let us take the initiative to attack, I followed Xiong Jinglue's order and did not move, and was scolded by Wang Huazhen."

"One has to defend, the other has to fight, and our generals are at a loss. If you want to kill me for the crime of military pay, then don't blame me. ”

These things, the closer you get to Liaoyang, the deeper you feel.

Yang Chengying sighed and asked, "The matter has come to this, what is Brother Zhao going to do?" ”

"It's just death."

Zhao Yuanliang's sword slowly came out of its sheath, and his expression was resolute.

The direction of his attack, chosen in the rear. The defense there was cavalry, and he could escape with a single blow.

"Soldiers, the enemy does not have many cavalry, and it is not our opponent."

"The rear team turns to the front team, charge with me, kill!"

Zhao Yuanliang took the lead, led the cavalry to turn the horse's head, and charged towards the Fengzi battalion.

"Kill!" The cavalry shouted in unison and followed closely behind their own commander.

Yang Chengying saw his intentions at a glance, and ordered people to play flags, and the Shuizi Battalion and the Huozi Battalion used throwing guns to project the enemy cavalry.

Xu Shang received the order, and on the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to use the flag language to transmit the message, and on the other hand, asked the drummer behind him to beat the war drum and use his voice to transmit the order.

"Throw the gun in hand, target the enemy horse, prepare ......!"

Xu Shang stood on a makeshift earthen platform and erected a big flag.

At this moment, the noisy neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves, the shouts of enemy horsemen, the pikemen did not care.

They clenched the spears in their hands tightly and made a throwing pose.

"Put!"

Xu Shang's banner waved down.

The drums beat instantly.

Wave after wave of spears on both sides came towards Zhao Yuanliang's cavalry like a downpour.

Zhao Yuanliang was leading the army to charge, and when he saw this "rain of guns", the whole person was stupid.

What kind of play is this?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Due to the general low armor rate and malnutrition of the cavalry under Zhao Yuanliang, they were almost powerless in the face of sharp throwing guns.

A few waves of throwing guns made the left and right flanks of his cavalry suffer heavy losses!

"Damn! I'm going to kill you all! ”

Zhao Yuanliang was carried away by anger, and he didn't care about reviewing the rights and wrongs of his decision, so he only commanded the cavalry to charge bravely towards the cavalry blocking the retreat.

However, the opposing cavalry made a surprising decision at this time.

Retreat!