"My lord, thousands of anti-thieves went around to the rear, and the leader was known as the Flying Tiger and Flying Leopard General. ”

After listening to the report, Lin turned his horse's head and looked behind him through a telescope, where Li Jun of the Fifth Battalion was in charge of defense.

Now that the real test has arrived, he asked Wen Huanzhang to go to the rear to assist.

"Tell Li Jun not to let an enemy soldier come. ”

At this time, Li Jun also saw through the telescope that the newly joined Shi Jin, Lu Zhishen, Chen Da, Li Zhong and others were all placed in front of him to meet the enemy.

The engineering battalion had already nailed a hundred iron cables in front of the position, each fifty meters long, and wearing fifty iron thistles.

Lu Zhishen laughed and waved an iron Zen staff.

"It's just in time, and the Sprinkle family is worried about no merit. ”

Shi Jin rode a horse and carried a gun, also full of expectations.

Each of the minions they brought with them was given a large chopping knife, which was longer than the handle, and the order was to either cut off the leg of a horse or a man.

The first to come over was Zhang Wei, the general of the Flying Tiger under Fang Xiang, and he and the general of the Flying Leopard, Guo Shiguang, with 3,000 people, had already made a detour, waiting to attack the rear of the alchemy army after the battle.

There are baggage carts and chariots in the rear, but there are only a thousand infantry, and if they can be crushed, the alchemy army will be attacked from both sides and the whole army will be annihilated.

"For the Holy Father, kill the Song army!"

The cavalry in front rushed very fast, and they had already seen thistles all over the ground, and immediately slowed down.

At this time, crossbow arrows rained down, and it was soon discovered that the thistle terrestris was connected by iron cables, and the two sides were driven into the ground with spikes.

Zhang Wei immediately ordered the foot soldiers to pull out the iron cable, thinking that it could be used by me.

Lu Zhishen, Chen Da and others came out with big swords.

"If you want to take thistle, have you asked the master?"

Zhang Wei saw that the fat monk swept down several people at once, dozens of people couldn't get close, so he shot an arrow first, but was dodged.

Lu Zhishen shouted: "Dog thief, come and die!"

Zhang Wei ignored the thistle terrestris and stabbed straight with a spear.

The unity of man and horse is more than the power of a thousand catties.

Lu Zhishen's iron Zen staff fell, and the sparks shot out in all directions, making a loud sound.

Zhang Wei was shocked, he was able to block a blow from himself on a horse, this person was really powerful.

The two fought for a while, Zhang Wei couldn't help but want to run, but was knocked off the horse by Lu Zhishen, who was eager for meritorious service, and was captured.

Seeing this, Guo Shiguang urged the army to rush and kill.

Lu Zhishen had to fight again, and was pulled back by Chen Da and Li Zhong.

"Now the thief doesn't care about horsepower, and we will avoid its edge and wait for the fighter. ”

The minions couldn't run and were cut down a lot.

Li Jun ordered, "The thief is fierce, quickly retreat, and resist the enemy with crossbow arrows in the chariot formation." ”

Lu Zhishen threw away the prisoner and cried out bitterly, "The dog thief was snatched back again, which really made the family angry." ”

Deputy battalion commander Zhu Biao shouted: "Chop the horse's legs, divide the horse's meat tonight!"

Facing the blocking of the car formation, Guo Shiguang's charge stopped and turned into hand-to-hand combat.

Lin Chao received a report that 1,000 Hu Yanzhuo forwards had arrived, and the leaders were still Han Tao and Peng Xi.

"The two generals came just in time, and the 20,000 anti-thieves and horses were pressing forward, and they needed a new force. ”

Han Tao and Peng Xi immediately saluted as officials.

The two didn't expect that just after more than half a year, they were staff officers with the army and were already officials.

Of course, they are not convinced, they have been in the army for many years, and they are not as good as a Taoist to please the officials.

"General Huyan has commanded, but please command the right vanguard. ”

Huang Wenbing proposed that they be on the right side of the alchemy army, waiting for orders to join the battle.

Lin Chao immediately understood that this was to prevent them from destroying the formation of the Alchemy Army, and also to let them block the gun's eye and adopt it at the moment.

Even with the constant bombardment of artillery, Fang Xiang still drove more than 10,000 military horses to approach, but the formation was not there.

Yang Zhi sent someone back and asked Lin Chao to leave immediately, but Lin Chao refused.

In the era of cold weapons, the casualties were not retreated, and it was a well-trained army.

The casualties are two percent and do not retreat, it is the elite.

Those who suffer 30% casualties and do not retreat are the strongest armies in the world.

The Fang Xiang military horse he faced was obviously not even well-trained, and he believed that the alchemy army could withstand it but the other party couldn't.

The front and rear entered the stage of handover at the same time, and the cavalry of Yang Zhi and Lu Junyi gradually moved closer.

Lin Chao ordered, "Let them go and attack the formation of the anti-thieves, the cavalry will lose its combat effectiveness if it gets close, don't worry about me." ”

He dismounted and stood in a clearing, surrounded by the personal guard group led by Hu Sanniang and Luan Tingyu.

Lin Chao's hands waved, and one by one crossbow arrows appeared, more and more.

His small universe has 1,000 cubic meters, is a warehouse 2 meters high, 5 meters wide and 100 meters long, with the ability to transform metal, the crossbow arrows created by Lin Chao have barbs and three-edged armor-piercing cones with threads.

"Quick, send it out. ”

Li Ying commanded his men to transport the arrows to the front and rear by horses or manpower.

Fang Xiang was flanked in front and back, and suffered heavy damage under the continuous rain of arrows and artillery shelling, and his men were seriously lost, so he had to retreat and regroup his horses.

Hu Yanzhuo's headquarters also arrived, and the two armies entered the confrontation stage.

Prince Wu of Xiuzhou City sent a letter to suggest opening the passage into the city, Xiuzhou City still has surplus food, and can fight against the city.

Hu Yanzhuo thought it was a good idea.

"Fang Xiang still has 40,000 people now, far exceeding the total number of troops and horses of our army and Wang Tong's army, so it is more stable. What is Lin Xianxian's opinion?"

Lin Chao asked first: "What is Tong Dashuai doing?"

Huang Wenbing reported that he was still gathering troops in Yingtianfu.

Of course, Hu Yanzhuo also knew why, both of them were sent by Gao Yu to grab the credit, and Tong Guan wished that they would be defeated.

Lin Chao said: "My idea is this, we will confront each other like this, and it will become our army and Wang Tong's army to attack Fang Maung, so that Fang Maung's army cannot retreat, so that the siege of Xiuzhou can be completely relieved." ”

Han Tao made a suggestion.

"According to the lower officials, we must urgently ask for help from Master Tong, judging from today's battle situation, another 10,000 troops and horses can break the siege. ”

This Lin Chao agreed, but instead of asking Tong Guan to send people to Xiuzhou, he sent people to attack Changzhou, which made Fang Maung's army unstable.

Hu Yanzhuo disagreed, feeling that Lin Chao was too risky, he was here with an army of square appearances, and Tong Guan was behind in vain.

In terms of rank, Lin Chao is high, but in this expedition, Hu Yanzhuo is the left vanguard, which is higher than the right vanguard of Lin Chao.

The two sides have their own opinions, and there are many civil and military generals on Lin Chao's side, and their strength is also strong, so naturally they will not listen to Hu Yanzhuo.

Hu Yanzhuo also felt that his measures were appropriate, and the two sides had a very unpleasant conversation.

"You fight so hard, and you lose a lot. This battle is not going to end in the short term, so why not think about it in the long run?"

"Only after the power of our army can we think in the long run. ”

"Well, I don't agree with it anyway, so that's the end of today. ”

Hu Yanzhuo left angrily, but the alchemy army didn't care.

Even in the eyes of the generals, they don't need to call Yanzhuo to break the siege, and this is where the credit is shared.

Wu Song and Li Yun had already infiltrated the Fangxiang army with their people, and their mission was to enter Hangzhou City.

Yang Zhi proposed a night attack, but he definitely didn't expect that the alchemy army would dare to fight at night.

But Huang Wenbing and Jiang Jing are against it, and they can win steadily, without taking risks.

Wen Huanzhang came back from the artillery battalion and proposed: "Use thunder to harass the rebels, so that they can't sleep peacefully and can't fight during the day." ”

The Thunderbolt is a kind of cannonball that simply erupts into huge explosions and pyrotechnics, and has no other damage.

The generals also agreed, and Lin Chao adopted it.