Huo Zixin continued, "Huang Chao has set out from Guangzhou a month ago, the march along the way is very secret, there is no leakage, after each city, he will gather people from the local area, enlist in the army, all the way north, the number of people must be at least four or five hundred thousand, the first distance from this place is less than a hundred miles, will arrive here in the near future." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Daoxun said with concern, "In less than a hundred miles, the enemy's scouts may have arrived nearby!"

Huo Zixin said tiredly, "I rushed all the way back and killed five scout groups, otherwise how could I come back, I believe the enemy has already noticed!"

Xie Tong gasped, an army of four or five hundred thousand horses, this scale, not to mention Xiangyang and Xiangyang, I am afraid that even Chang'an Luoyang will be difficult to resist, and if you stick to the city, you will only be razed to the ground. The enemy came so quickly, so urgently.

Wang Daoxun hurriedly said, "Someone is coming, immediately lead 5,000 men and horses to the north to meet Lord Lai's grain transport group, and in the shortest possible time, transport the grain and grass to Xiangyang!"

Xie Tong looked at Wang Daoxun silently, he finally sent out a signal, this signal also indirectly exposed his thoughts, in the face of ten times the number of enemies himself, he did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but faced the difficulties and resisted to the end, this may be what he was looking forward to!

Xie Tong asked, "It's not good, the enemy may attack Xiangyang at any time with lightning speed before Lao Lai rushes back, and they must be stopped! Huo boy, they are gathering from that direction!"

Huo Zixin said without thinking, "In Ruyuan County by the big river!"

Wang Daoxun's eyes were full of excitement, and he said, "Without further ado, Xie Tong, you lead five thousand light cavalry to attack Ruyuan County, not seeking to defeat many enemy troops, but only to delay the enemy's time and let them delay the pace of attacking the city!"

Xie Tong hugged his fists and said, "Subordinates obey orders", after that, he went out, and before leaving, he only heard Wang Daoxun shouting, "Come on, immediately set up a large camp in the east of the city, and send 10,000 troops to station!"

Xie Tong hurriedly didn't say hello to Hong Shan and the others, so he hurriedly set off, ordered the generals, and went all the way south to Ruyuan.

Ruyuan is a county town by the river, poor and poor, Xie Tong led the army to gallop for three hours, and finally resisted Ruyuan County before dusk.

Xie Tong did not rush to attack, but rested for half an hour before starting to observe Ru Yuan's enemy.

A large number of enemy troops have gathered in Ruyuan County, and the flag covers the sky, just look at the flag and the dust fluttering by the river, you can know that what Huo Zixin said is true, the enemy's strength is indeed overwhelming, extremely powerful.

However, in Xie Tong's view, the advantage of military strength does not bring the so-called advantage or momentum, which is not a large number of rabble, and Zhu Wen's elite soldiers in the Jiangnan area are not the same.

The enemy army continued to drive from the riverside, and some of the men and horses bypassed Ruyuan and temporarily set up camp on the north bank of the river.

Xie Tong had an idea, the other party was all infantry, and it would not cause any trouble to his light cavalry.

Thinking of this, he shouted in a low voice, "Brothers, we bypass Ruyuan and directly attack the enemy crossing the river, the effect will be very considerable, remember to obey my command, let's go!"

Xie Tong turned over and got on the horse, and whipped the horse violently, the horse couldn't bear the pain, and immediately galloped.

Five thousand horses, stepping on the flat ground of Ruyuan, made a deafening sound, which immediately aroused the alarm of the enemy army.

However, the enemy cavalry had not yet crossed the river, and there was no way to target them, so they could only watch them bypass the main camp and stand in a daze.

Recruited, from the enemy camp there was a burst of shouting, "What the fuck are you doing, don't let go of the arrows, what a bunch of waste."

Xie Tong heard it sincerely, and he was also very familiar with this voice, and the person who gave the order was none other than his old rival, Lu Li, the owner of the Quiet Mountain Villa.

The rain of arrows in the sky shot towards Xie Tong's cavalry team, and more than ten people fell to the ground with arrows, and these recruits immediately panicked and began to run aimlessly!

Xie Tong saw that the situation was not good, Wang Daoxun's words were still echoing in his ears, these recruits were really unreliable, he hurriedly shouted, "Hold up the shield, follow me, don't panic, if you want to live, come with me!"

He took the lead in rushing through the enemy's rain of arrows and was the first to reach the edge of the river.

Perhaps it was his cry that inspired the frightened soldiers, and everyone followed him without any scruples, rushing through the arrow array in one go.

Lu Li was so angry that he had already seen Xie Tong, Xie Tong's side was all recruits, and his side was not much better. They were all hastily recruited soldiers, some of whom had not yet received formal training, and it would not be too much to say that they were rabble.

Seeing Xie Tong leading the army to the riverside, he immediately knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly commanded the infantry to wrap up behind Xie Tong's cavalry.

Xie Tong looked at the other side at a glance, and suddenly felt cold all over his body, the sky was not yet dark, and he saw that on the wide river, four or five pontoon bridges had been built, and the enemy officers and soldiers were densely packed with pontoon bridges, and there were almost no empty positions, and on the other side of the river, there were more people waiting to get on the bridge, and this number of people really shocked him.

The soldiers beside him were also terrified, this was an unfair duel, once the army drove to Xiangyang City, the consequences were unimaginable.

Xie Tong could almost see the picture of Xiangyang being caught in the flames of war, almost razed to the ground.

Xie Tong continued to shout, "Brothers, give me an impact on the enemy on the riverside, kill!"

He rushed forward first, drew his green steel sword, and slashed at the enemy in front of him.

The enemy, who had just come ashore, did not know what was happening, but saw a large number of Tang troops pressing over and hurriedly raising their weapons to meet them.

But where are they the opponents of the cavalry, I saw that the Tang army instantly rushed into the camp of the infantry, and the war horses rampaged wantonly, and immediately scattered the infantry of Huangchao.

The enemy began to flee aimlessly.

In this way, the morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted, especially these recruits, seeing the enemy army scattering and fleeing, adding to the heart of bravery, the fear in his heart was swept away, and the follower Xie Tong directly swept away the shore.

Xie Tong led the army to the end, immediately turned the horse's head, and killed it again, back and forth, the entire shore was covered with corpses, and the enemy team that had just landed was directly dispersed by Xie Tong, and the soldiers who were still waiting on the pontoon bridge to go ashore saw this, where did they dare to land, and stopped one after another.

The people behind the pontoon bridge didn't know what was going on, and the people in front of and behind them crowded into one place, and suddenly there was a mess, and from time to time someone fell from the pontoon bridge into the river and was washed away by the turbulent river.

Xie Tong raised his eyes and saw the infantry led by Lu Li, pressing over from Ruyuan County, ready to support the shore, Xie Tong calculated in his heart, the infantry moved slowly, and it would take some time to reach here, he shouted "Brothers, shoot the enemy on the pontoon bridge for me."

With that, he threw his moon-chasing bow, and three bamboo arrows were placed on the string, and they shot out in an instant, only to hear three miserable cries spread across the river, and the three enemies immediately fell into the river.

These recruits followed Xie Tong's example and drew their bows and shot arrows one after another.

The enemy was hit by arrows one after another, and the enemy, who was already in a mess, retreated backwards, crowded forward and back, and people continued to fall into the water.

This battle simply broke the enemy's courage.

Xie Tong's horses moved forward, galloped quickly to the shore, the green steel sword waved, and with a fierce force, the iron cable tied to the shore was cut off, the pontoon bridge lost its support, and immediately fell apart, and the wooden planks were directly involved in the river under the impact of the current, and the soldiers on the pontoon bridge all fell into the water.

The Tang Army's camp immediately let out a sky-high shout, and Xie Tong's hand was extremely beautiful.

The Tang army had already intended to spread the word, and without waiting for Xie Tong's command, they stepped forward one after another to cut off the iron locks that bound the pontoon bridges, and more than ten pontoon bridges disappeared directly from the river.

Xie Tong was overjoyed in his heart, since the self-defense army fought, there was no one more relieved than today, the enemy's carelessness gave him a chance, building a pontoon bridge is not a matter of one or two days, Huang Chao has suffered a big loss this time, after all, time is the most urgent.

Seeing that Lu Li's army had arrived on the shore, Xie Tong shouted, "Brothers, let's withdraw."

No one would suspect Xie Tong's timidity, just now his bravery has won the respect of every Tang Army soldier.

The Tang army clamped the belly of the horse one by one, followed behind Xie Tong, and retreated in a puff of smoke, and there were a large number of infantry in the sky, but they were helpless against Xie Tong, and their teeth itched with hatred. He scolded loudly, "Xie Tong, you have the ability to go back and fight with the old man for three hundred rounds!"

Xie Tong didn't pay any attention to Lu Li's scolding, he wouldn't be stupid enough to turn around and fight a decisive battle, today's big victory was already unimaginable, he was still in reverie at the beginning to block the enemy! Which Huang Chao was so careless, Lu Li didn't even have the main point to guard the shore, so he picked up a big bargain, this time, Huang Chao wanted to gather the whole army to cross the river, I'm afraid it would be difficult to achieve it without more than ten days. Thinking of this, he tightened the reins, stopped his horse and shouted to Lu Li, "If Mr. Lu can't bear this big loss, he can come to Xiangyang to find Xie, Xie is waiting for your arrival!"

With that, he laughed wildly, ignoring Lu Li, but running straight ahead.

When night fell, the soldiers continued to run and fight, they had exhausted their physical strength, and they were extremely tired, but fate alone in the darkness of this midnight was sleepy, today's victory, so that they were all excited, Xie Tong could hear the soldiers from time to time talking about the victory just now.

Although they did not have the living force to kill the enemy, for them, being able to delay time was already the most successful thing, and Wang Daoxun had time to report to the imperial court, gather troops, and resist the army of Huang Chao.

The night was very charming, and the army was strangely peaceful and calm as it walked through the woods, and the whole forest was quiet, except for the sound of horses' hooves clattering on the earth.

As long as you walk through this forest and walk fifty miles forward, you will reach Xiangyang.

Xie Tong was hungry, and he had already thought of the delicious bamboo leaf green and fragrant beef in Xiangyang City.

Suddenly, there was a strong sense from his spiritual sense, this forest seemed unusual, and the silence was a little terrifying.

There was an ambush ahead, Xie Tong struck a fierce spirit, and shouted in a low voice, "Pass the order, the whole army will stop advancing, immediately withdraw from the woods, and make a detour to Xiangyang." ”

Although the soldiers didn't know why Xie Tong had such intentions, their orders to him were definitely going to be carried out, and the whole army immediately stopped and slowly withdrew from the woods.

Suddenly, a rocket flew into the air, spreading out colorful colors.

Xie Tong was shocked, and said in his heart that his induction was indeed not wrong, and he shouted, "The whole army accelerates, leave immediately."

Behind him, there was the sound of the enemy's earth-shattering motive shouting and killing, and the sound of arrow rain rushed to the face.

The soldiers immediately panicked and ran in a panic.

Xie Tong said, "Don't panic, they don't have horses, they can't run fast, they all rush with me." ”

Xie Tong ran wildly all the way and had reached the exit of the forest.

Suddenly, a torch lit up in front of him, and a large group of men and horses were already waiting.

Xie Tong was startled, knowing that he was carried away and fell in love with the enemy, but he immediately woke up, the enemy did not have many men, otherwise how could he secretly fortify, instead of fighting him with real swords and guns, and who else could design an ambush for him, besides him!

Thinking of this, he shouted, "Brothers, rush with me, kill!"

He drew his green steel sword and rushed towards the enemy troops who were holding the mouth of the forest.

A rain of arrows rushed to his face, Xie Tong hurriedly brandished the green steel sword and kept slashing and flying the bamboo arrows that shot at him, and the cries for help from the soldiers who were hit by the arrows and fell were constantly heard around him.

His heart was dripping blood, and it was his carelessness that caused the loss of the moment, but he would never stay to save every wounded, so it would only cause greater losses.

The enemy's attack did not have any warning, but it was able to kill his every thought, and Zhu Wen really lived up to his name.

Before they could rush out, the enemy outside the bamboo forest suddenly stopped shooting arrows and raised their spears instead, as if to hedge against them.

Xie Tong raised the green steel sword and shouted, "Brothers, success or failure is here, as long as they rush out of this forest, what can they endure me!"

The two armies were handed over directly, and the spearmen on the opposite side put a lot of pressure on the cavalry.

The horses were already inconvenient in the woods, and with the addition of the spear's straight stab, the Tang army's side suffered heavy losses when they landed.

Xie Tong rushed to the front, swung the green steel sword, and slashed directly towards the spears that stabbed in, and in the sound of ping-pong, one by one the spears broke in response.

However, only his side has made some progress, and all other directions have stalled.

He immediately changed direction and helped him one by one.

The shouts of killing behind him were getting closer and closer, and he was anxious, and after killing two enemy soldiers, Xie Tong found that there were not enough enemy soldiers guarding the entrance to the woods. If you rush hard, you may be able to get out of the passive situation.

He continued to shout, "Brothers, leave it alone, rush immediately!"

With that, he was the first to rush forward, and the spears of the enemy stabbed in all directions, almost making it impossible for him to dodge.

When the generals saw him rushing to kill, they didn't want to follow him, and for a while, all the Tang troops rushed forward, ignoring the existence of spears.

Xie Tong cut five or six spears in a row, and seeing that there was no way to avoid it, he hurriedly used his true qi, put his feet on horseback a little, crossed the enemy high, and landed outside the woods, and his mount had been pierced into meat sauce by the spear. (To be continued.) )