Thirteen miles on the north bank of the Shahe River.

Tian Zhenbei, deputy commander of the sixth battalion of the garrison, led the officers and men of the whole battalion to rest on the spot, and at the same time, he also scattered all the units at night.

Suddenly, a team of horses galloped back at night and brought Liu Yan's order.

"Li Laiheng?"

Tian Zhenbei was taken aback, he couldn't imagine that the soldiers and horses of the former battalion of thieves would come so quickly, and immediately ordered the whole battalion to assemble.

"Elder Ge asked me to lead my troops to move closer to the main force and go to this bridge on the north bank of the Shahe River?"

At this time, Tian Zhenbei held the order sent by Liu Yan in one hand, pointed to the map on the ground with the other, and muttered: "It seems that Elder Ge is also half-crossing this time and driving Li Laiheng's troops directly down the Shahe?" I just don't know if I can grasp the opportunity! ”

Immediately, Tian Zhenbei put away the map and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and form a team, let's go!" ”

Although the officers and men of the Sixth Battalion of the garrison were slightly inferior to those of the battalions of the New Army, they were also a first-class strong army looking at today, and soon more than 12,000 officers and men were assembled, and under the cover of a large number of nights, they began to march to the bridge on the north bank of the Shahe River.

At the same time, Liu Yan also led the battalions of the New Army to the north bank of the Shahe River, and nearly 100,000 soldiers marched forward, and the speed of the march was the highest in the world.

On the way, Liu Yan kept receiving messages from the heralds of various departments and the battalions that did not receive them at night.

"Good!"

Liu Yan shouted to Miao Shao, who was following him: "Li Laiheng's department is really rushing towards that bridge, and the forward scouts of the thieves' front camp have already appeared on the south bank of the Shahe River!" ”

Miao Shao said worriedly: "Elder Ge, then we have to speed up, we must be on the north bank before the main force of Li Laiheng's army arrives on the south bank of the Shahe River."

Get ready for a surprise attack! ”

Liu Yan nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and advance to the south at the speed of a forced march, and at the same time expand the search range of each battalion to thirty miles to prevent the possible ambush of thieves and horses.

Twenty miles on the south bank of the Sand River.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of the front battalion of the thieves were resting, marching all the way down, the more than 200,000 troops in the front camp of the thieves were exhausted, almost everyone couldn't understand that they had just gone south from Quyang County to Tang County, but when they arrived in Xingtang County, they only saw the desolation after the war, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the rear camp had disappeared, and the hearts of all the soldiers in the front camp were shrouded in a layer of haze.

And now there is no definite statement on the matter of the soldiers and horses in the rear battalion, and the army will directly march back to Quyang County, what is this for?

Fortunately, there are three people, including Zuo Guoyi's generals Gu Kecheng and Xie Junyou, and right's Guoyi general Tian Hu, who stabilized the army's heart, which did not let this doubt spread in the army.

Li Laiheng is naturally clear about these situations, but at the moment, time is pressing, Li Laiheng has no time and no energy to do anything to clarify, and now the idea in his heart is just to rush to Quyang County as soon as possible, and be able to fight inside and outside with the firearms battalion, and defeat Liu Yan's more than 100,000 troops under the city of Quyang County!

"Liu Yan is really a good means, several raids, rushes, I Dashun millions of soldiers in the applause, first the rear battalion soldiers and horses were raided, according to the remnants of the escaped soldiers, the little general has been subjected to accidents. And then there's the firearms battalion......"

Thinking of this, Li Laiheng was suddenly startled and said secretly: "No! The time is not right! There are still a few days left in this period, Liu Yanbu

What are you doing? Where did they go! ”

Then Li Laiheng thought of the soldiers and horses of the thief's right battalion in the south, and said secretly: "Yuan Zong's younger brother has not heard from him for a few days, could it be ......?"

Thinking of this, Li Laiheng's heart swelled with a thick terror, if his guess was true, then Liu Yan would be too terrifying, he could flash and move between square inches, and then raid the soldiers and horses of the Dashun battalions one by one, and even turn over!

didn't have time to think about it, Li Laiheng immediately called a brigade commander and said to him: "You immediately go to the west of Xingtang County, look for Your Majesty's headquarters, and report to Your Majesty that the rear camp has been raided by Liu Yan, and the whole army has been annihilated, and the little general has been killed and the body is missing." At the same time, report to Your Majesty that the right battalion is also very likely to be raided by Liu Yanbu, and ask Your Majesty to immediately send someone to get in touch with the right battalion. ”

"Report to Your Majesty, this general guesses that Liu Yanzheng is leading the army to raid the firearms battalion, and is now leading the soldiers and horses of the front battalion to aid Quyang County, please send troops to help as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

After sending the news out, Li Laiheng ordered the army to continue to advance, and the soldiers and horses in the front battalion of the thieves had lost their strength at this time, and after being urged by Li Laiheng, Zuo Guoyi's generals Gu Kecheng, Xie Junyou, and Youguoyi's general Tian Hu and others, the marching speed of the army could not be improved, and Li Laiheng was also worried.

"I hope Li Dingguo can hold on!"

It's not that Li Laiheng is worried about Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, it's just that the Dashun army has lost one after another and can't afford big losses, so Li Dingguo's department must be rescued, but I just hope that there is still time to come.

An hour later, Li Laiheng finally led his troops to the south bank of the Shahe River

The wooden bridge was too wide to span the river, and a group of scouts rushed up to check it out, and came back to report on the condition of the bridge.

"General, this bridge is quite strong, but it is narrower."

"General Qiyu, our department has collected more than 70 large and small boats, and each batch can transport more than 800 people across the river."

Li Laiheng looked at the sky, at this time the sun had begun to set west, and in more than an hour, it was dusk.

So Li Laiheng ordered the army to cross the river quickly, and the soldiers and horses began to pass the bridge and board the ships in an orderly manner.

According to Li Laiheng's deployment, there were 40,000 horsemen, 40,000 armor soldiers, 10,000 fire guns, and 120,000 dead soldiers in the front camp of the thieves.

As for the 120,000 dead soldiers, they crossed the river by boat at the same time, and as many people as they could, and when the cavalry, armor and musketeers crossed the bridge, the remaining dead soldiers crossed the river from the bridge.

After everything was arranged, Li Laiheng ordered Zuo Guoyi's general Gu Kecheng to lead 40,000 horsemen to cross the river first, Zuo Guoyi's general Xie Junyou to lead 40,000 armor soldiers to wait, and Tian Hu, the right Guoyi general, to lead 10,000 firecrackers to wait at the same time.

Li Laiheng personally led 120,000 dead soldiers across the river.

Soon, Gu Kecheng led the leading troops with 5,000 cavalry to rush across the bridge, and the follow-up cavalry horses were passing in an orderly manner.

After arriving on the north bank, Gu Kecheng sent thousands of horsemen to scatter and search to the north to prevent an ambush by officials and soldiers.

"Cross the river quickly, speed up!"

Gu Kecheng quickly received the reward, ten miles ahead

There was no trace of the official army in it, so he put his mind at ease and concentrated on directing the various cavalry units to cross the river.

On the south bank, Li Laiheng looked at the soldiers and horses who were crossing the river in an orderly and rapid manner, and he was also relieved in his heart, and soon the 40,000 horsemen in front of him crossed the river smoothly and began to reorganize the military formation on the north bank of the Shahe River, as a barrier for the army to cross the river.

"Whew!"

Li Laiheng breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered Tian Hu, the general of Youguoyi, to lead 10,000 firefighters across the river, and ordered 40,000 armor soldiers to get ready.

Less than half an hour later, 10,000 firefighters also arrived on the north bank of the Shahe River, and immediately began to exchange positions with tens of thousands of horsemen, and arranged troops to the northernmost side.

At the same time, 40,000 armor soldiers also began to cross the bridge in batches, and Zuo Guoyi's general Gu Kecheng personally led his troops to the bridge.

Suddenly, there was a piercing sound of breaking the air, which was countless cannonballs in the air, and in a blink of an eye, they fell near the bridge, and the soldiers who were crossing the river were frightened into confusion, and they fled towards both ends of the bridge.

In the river, the dead soldiers who were crossing the river by boat were also unlucky, one after another a boat was hit by cannonballs, and was immediately smashed into sawdust, and even a boat was directly smashed in half, and the dozen or so dead soldiers on it were directly killed by ricochets, and the rest of the people all fell into the water, fluttered a few times in the river, and then disappeared.

"Enemy attack!"

Li Laiheng roared angrily: "Isn't it that there is no trace of the officers and soldiers for ten miles ahead, where is this artillery fire!" ”

At this time, a lieutenant next to him exclaimed: "General, it's from the south, and it's artillery fire from the south!" ”

Li Laiheng was suddenly eye-catching and anxious

Hurriedly mobilized tens of thousands of dead soldiers who were still on the south bank to line up, and at the same time sent people to cross the river, ordering the horsemen, armor soldiers, and muskeoners on the north bank to immediately withdraw to the south bank to base the enemy.

After receiving Li Laiheng's order, Zuo Guoyi's generals Gu Kecheng and Xie Junyou, and Right Guoyi's general Tian Hu were all dumbfounded, when did Liu Yan's troops and horses run south to the south of Shahe, didn't he lead his troops to Quyang County to raid the firearms battalion?

A few people didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly led their troops to retreat, and the 40,000 armored soldiers led by Xie Junyou rushed onto the bridge first, but the bridgehead that was not wide instantly gathered a large number of people and horses, and soon it was congested, and a large number of soldiers and horses were crowded on the north side of the bridge, and it was impossible to get on the bridge in a short time.

Gu Kecheng led 40,000 horsemen and Tian Hu led 10,000 firecrackers have been crowded together, the establishment of both sides has begun to scatter, but at this time it is difficult to pass the bridge, as far as the eye can see, the north bank of the Shahe River is full of thieves and horses vying to cross the river, and there is no end in sight.

Li Laiheng looked at the north bank dumbfounded, and roared angrily: "Gu Kecheng, Tian Hu, and Xie Junyou, these three bastards, how did they lead the troops, and they were all messed up after crossing the river, are you looking for death!" ”

As soon as the words fell, another round of artillery bombardment fell, although the casualties of the tens of thousands of dead soldiers around Li Laiheng were not very large, but the shocking effect brought by the shelling was not something that these dead soldiers could bear, and the military formation that had finally gathered together collapsed in a blink of an eye.

A large number of dead soldiers began to break and flee, and even thousands of dead soldiers began to scramble for ships, using ships docked on the south bank as a tool for escape, and countless dead soldiers began to compete with each other, and even drew swords against each other.

Li Laiheng is angry

He had to scold, and at the same time he was annoyed that he shouldn't have sent all the elite soldiers and horses to the north shore, leaving these vulnerable dead soldiers by his side.

Fortunately, at this time, more than 2,000 armored soldiers and hundreds of horsemen rushed over from the chaotic bridgehead and began to gather around Li Laiheng, centering on the black Daxu of the former battalion to quickly reorganize the military formation.

But just when Li Laiheng breathed a sigh of relief, a huge military formation appeared in the south, which was rapidly attacking Li Laiheng's location.

"Liu Yan!"

Li Laiheng stared at a huge Ming battle flag, next to which was a handsome flag with the word "Liu", no need to ask, this is where Liu Yan's Chinese army is.

"Haha, it's true, Li Laiheng is too cooperative with his father, and he actually put all the main forces on the north shore!"

Miao Shao said with a smile: "If I were Li Laiheng, I would also deploy like this, who would have thought that Ge Lao would lead his troops across the river and set up an ambush on the south bank!" ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Haha, now it's up to the cavalry battalion soldiers who stay on the north bank to see if they can succeed in the flank attack." Our side must also start to do it, and order the soldiers of each battalion to launch an offensive and fight quickly! ”