Su Lie didn't like this Hou Mo Chen Yi very much, in the county town, this person said the words of seizing Yang Yuan's hegemony for military power, no matter what his intentions were, it was very disgusting, they came all the way, Su Lie felt that this Hou Mo Chen Yi officialdom habits were very heavy, and he attached great importance to the superiority and inferiority, which made him very uncomfortable, and the dissatisfaction and inadaptability led to Su Lie's disgust with him.

Hou Mo Chen Yi snorted, he didn't speak, and followed Su Lie into Zaolin Town.

The northernmost part of Zaolin Town is a granary, which is also the righteous warehouse of Zaolin Town, the grain has been transported into the county seat, and there is only an empty warehouse left, and Yang Yuanba will use this place as his temporary combat command post.

In the empty room next to Yicang, Yang Yuanba was standing in front of the map and pondering, at this time, Yang Yuanba did not know that Yang Yichen of Shuozhou had led 20,000 troops to Daizhou, he only had 5,000 cavalry, and he was a little powerless to deal with Qiao Zhongkui's 40,000 elite soldiers.

After a 20,000-strong campaign against Xue Yantuo, Yang Yuanba gradually matured, and more importantly, he gained confidence in his command ability.

He also knew that Harry Lake's example of winning more with less could not succeed every time, and the heavens could not always favor him.

There was a soldier's report at the door, "General Yang, Su Baichang is back." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, Su Lie walked into the room with Hou Mo Chen Yi, and Su Lie knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Returning to the general, the letter has been sent to Li Tingshi." ”

"Good work. ”

Yang Yuanba smiled and nodded, he was very satisfied with Su Lie, although he was very proud in his bones, but he was meticulous after joining the army, and the cold and arrogant temper on his body was cleanly restrained.

Yang Yuanba saw Hou Mo Chen Yi behind Su Lie, so he asked with a smile, "Who is this general?"

Without waiting for Su Lie's introduction, Hou Mo Chen Yi stepped forward and bowed. "Hou Mo Chenyi, the commander of the army in Xia Dai Prefecture, was ordered by Li Tingshi to come to assist General Yang. ”

Hou Mo Chen was appointed as the governor of Daizhou, commanding nearly 5,000 state soldiers in Daizhou, and his honor was the Yitong Sansi of Zhengwupin, while Yang Yuanba was only the lord of Dali City in Fengzhou, with only 1,000 soldiers under him, and he also had a meritorious position. He is the governor of the six grades.

Whether it is a rank or a honored officer, Yang Yuanba is one level lower than Hou Mo Chen Yi, so Hou Mo Chen Yi does not bow down to Yang Yuanba, but bows between the equals. This pair of Hou Mo Chen Yi, who attaches great importance to the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, is already the limit of what he can do.

Yang Yuanba also knows this, but this kind of difference in official positions will only affect the etiquette between them at most, and will not affect the master-slave relationship between them.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and immediately, a scout rushed in to report, "General Yang." Twenty miles away, we found a cavalry convoy of 5,000 men, rushing towards us. ”

Yang Yuanba didn't have time to talk to Su Lie, he immediately ordered: "Order the soldiers to get up immediately and prepare for battle!"

'When!When!When!' The piercing siren bell echoed in Zaolin Town, waking the Youzhou soldiers from their dreams, and the five thousand cavalry quickly formed a team, all of them slept with armor, and soon finished cleaning up. Like a torrent gathering from all sides of the town, 5,000 cavalry quickly gathered in the wilderness south of the town, with horses neighing and spears like a forest.

"This is our first fight。。。。。。 ”

Yang Yuanba's war horse galloped, galloping in front of the five thousand cavalry, his voice echoing in the wind of the wilderness, "The enemy army is equal in number to us。。。。。 So we have no reason to fail!"

He reined in his horse, breaking through the sky and sending a black line that had already appeared. "Brothers, come with me!"

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the murderous spirit was high, and the five thousand cavalry marched towards the rebels。。。。。。

In the vast wilderness south of Zaolin Town, two cavalry teams of 5,000 men each stopped two miles apart. Each array, the Youzhou army lined up the flying crane array, the forward is like a crane's beak, the wings are like crane wings, this is a typical offensive array, and the rebels are lined up in a fish scale formation, and the five thousand cavalry are arranged layer by layer like fish scales, which is a defensive array.

I saw a general at the head, with a figure of six feet five, a big waist and a round waist, long black hair, like a ghost, holding a big iron gun, weighing at least more than 100 catties, and a black-maned horse in his crotch.

He urged him to step forward, the spear in his hand pointed directly at the Youzhou army, and his voice was like thunder, "Youzhou army, who dares to fight me to the death?"

Hou Mo Chen Yi said to Yang Yuan: "This person's name is Wang Ba, known as the first fierce general in Bingzhou, extremely brave, like to challenge single-handedly, if he wins, he will lead a number of horses to trap the camp, and he is unstoppable." ”

"It's actually called Wang Ba!"

Yang Yuanba sneered, turned around and shouted, "Who is going to fight?"

Su Lie waved his sword, "The last general is willing to go!"

He didn't wait for Yang Yuan's hegemony, urged the horse and galloped towards the battlefield.

Yang Yuanba has been in the grassland for a long time, he has fought with the Turks and Tiele people, there has never been this kind of military generals heads-up mode, they are all large corps battles, but he heard Luo Yuju say that in the Central Plains, this kind of military generals are also single-handed, but they are not used much, more to boost morale, the two armies fight, morale first.

Yang Yuanba looked at the battlefield, he was quite interested in this heads-up mode, almost forming a pattern of defeat and defeat of the whole army, but in actual combat, this is absolutely impossible, at most the morale is affected a little, and it is impossible for the main general to run out and fight alone.

In fact, in the actual corps battle, the generals also exist heads-up, that is, the melee between soldiers and generals, rather than the current Western aristocratic model of soldiers not moving and generals going head-to-head.

Of course, if a general is extremely brave, it will also play a huge role in the melee between the two armies, he can kill the opponent's enemy generals, make the opponent become a generalless army, so as to rout, can be invincible, and kill the enemy army to the point of blood, the so-called one general to ten thousand troops is this truth.

Hou Mo Chen Yi's words made Yang Yuanba a little worried about Su Lie, although Su Lie's martial arts were excellent, but his strength was not enough, and his experience was not rich enough, since the general on the opposite side dared to fight alone, he must have something outstanding.

Yang Yuanba urged the horse to the flagpole, pulled out an arrow, slowly put it on the string, and watched intently at the heads-up between Su Lie and the enemy general.

Su Lie's horse was fast, and in an instant, he rushed to the front of the enemy general Wang Ba, and he didn't greet him, and the sword was as bright as lightning. At an unparalleled speed, it slashed at Wang Ba's neck.

Wang Ba is known as the first fierce general in Bingzhou, with excellent martial arts, although Su Lie is fierce, he is not in a hurry, he retreats backwards, dodges Su Lie's tragic knife, the big iron gun shook, and he stabbed Su Lie in the heart distractedly. This shot was extremely stabbing.

'When!', Su Lie's big knife slashed at the barrel of the gun, blocking the knife, and the iron spear was heavy. Su Lie's arms were numb in shock, Su Lie's heart was awe-inspiring, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, and immediately used a subtle knife technique, the sword light was like snowflakes, and he slashed at the king from all directions.

Wang Ba had already discovered Su Lie's weakness, that is, his lack of strength, and he was not in a hurry. Dancing the iron spear, the tip of the spear was like a big snake, stabbing at Su Lie's body like a ghost.

The two fought for more than a dozen rounds, Wang Ba became more and more courageous, he shouted, and the big iron spear pierced Su Lie's heart with a strong force, this shot was powerful and unstoppable.

Su Lie's arms were already a little sore. He struggled to block outward, 'dang!' There was a muffled sound, but Wang Ba's big iron spear was only shaken open by a foot, Wang Ba laughed fiercely, and the tip of the spear took advantage of the situation, stabbing Su Lie's throat at a lightning speed.

The two generals face each other, and the victory or defeat is often determined by strength, speed, and moves. Su Lie had already realized that he was not the opponent of this enemy general, although his sword skills were wonderful, but the opponent's marksmanship was equally skillful, and his strength and speed were not as good as this fierce general, seeing that this shot had reached his throat. It was too late to hide, so he had to close his eyes in pain, and his life would end here.

At this moment, an arrow was extremely fast, and the tip of the arrow came to Wang Ba's face in the blink of an eye, faster than his gun, Wang Ba was taken aback, and instinctively tilted his head, 'Poof!' The arrow hit his left ear, tearing his left ear, blood splattered, Wang Ba screamed in pain, and his shot was deflected, stabbing through Su Lie's left shoulder.

The blood mist filled Wang Ba's eyes, the pain in his heart greatly reduced his speed of shooting, and the sudden sneak attack disturbed his mind, for a fierce general, the injury would make him quickly become a second-rate inferior general, Wang Ba was so frightened that his soul flew away, and he fled.

Su Lie escaped death, looked back, only to see one hundred and fifty steps away, Yang Yuanba coldly put away the longbow, it was his key arrow that saved his life, Su Lie was grateful and ashamed in his heart, he finally realized what it means to have someone outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, he prides himself on being strong in martial arts, in fact, he has not met a real martial arts master, just that the enemy general has heavy strength, the gun speed is fierce, more than a step higher than him, at this moment, Su Lie learned from the pain, he decided to go home and practice hard for another three years.

Su Lie was a little lost on the battlefield, but the offensive drums of the Youzhou army had already sounded, 'Knock! knock!' The drum was exciting, boosting morale, and the five thousand Youzhou cavalry burst out with an earth-shattering roar, the yellow dust was rolling, the flags were flying, and the halberd iron spear was murderous.

The general's heads-up on the battlefield is only used to boost morale, and will never cause a general to be defeated, and the whole army will be defeated, unless the main general is killed, so even if Wang Ba is defeated, he will organize the army to rush into battle, and determine the final victory or defeat with formation, strategy and the soldier's heroic spirit.

But contrary to Yang Yuanba's expectations, Wang Ba was defeated, causing the whole army to retreat, not waiting for Youzhou to kill, the rebels were defeated, 5,000 rebel cavalry were defeated, and the army could not be formed, this battle Youzhou killed 1,000 enemies, captured 1,000 enemies, captured more than 2,000 horses and a large number of military funds, and the morale of the Youzhou army was high.

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"Is this called the elite of the state? I don't think it's vulnerable!"

"Tomorrow we will be able to press on the whole army and crush the enemy in one blow. ”

。。。。。

At night, in the wilderness south of Zaolin Town, the bonfire is blazing, 5,000 cavalry slaughter sheep and cattle, barbecue and dinner, celebrate the victory of the first battle, everyone's face is full of joy, gnawing incense and barbecue, drinking rice wine in the skin, noisy, full of pride.

Yang Yuanba also sat around a bonfire with a dozen officers, talking about the battle during the day, the officers were in high spirits and unanimously demanded a decisive battle with the main force of the rebels, if they could defeat the 40,000 rebels, each of them would be richly rewarded, and no one was willing to give up this opportunity.

"General Yang, let's go south tomorrow! The morale of the brothers is high, and everyone has confidence. ”

The five thousand cavalry are all Youzhou Army, in fact, it is not Yang Yuanba who controls this army, but two partial generals, one is called Zhao Shizhu, and the other is called He Lanyi, both of whom are Hussar generals of the Youzhou Army.

If Yang Yuanba was only appointed by Li Xiong, then he would not be able to command this army at all, the key is that he is the grandson of Yang Chudao, and he has the will of the saint, the two dare not fight, and obediently obey Yang Yuanba's command.

However, when it came to personal interests, the two generals both strongly demanded that they go south to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the rebels, and today's victory has greatly initiated them to seek wealth and wealth with military merits.

Yang Yuanba saw that the two of them were resolute, so he smiled and said: "In fact, our current situation is very similar to that of wolves, when the wolves on the grassland encounter a larger number of prey, they will not attack easily, nor will they give up easily, they will wait for the best time, looking for the opponent's defensive loopholes, once the time comes, they will not hesitate to pounce, now, we are the steppe wolves, our prey is stronger than us, but we must eat them, the means are four words, patience, wait。。。。。。。。 ”

But Yang Yuanba's wolf pack tactics did not resonate with the two partial generals, and He Lanyi frowned, "But did General Yang think about it, waiting will make the fighter die out, and it will wear out the precious morale of the brothers, and now the morale is high, it is the time for a decisive battle with the main force of the enemy, general, let's fight!"

The eyes of all the officers next to him were full of anticipation, and they shouted, "General, let's fight!"

Only Hou Mo Chen Yi was disdainful, and he sneered, "It's all a group of military leaders who don't know the height of the sky, do you really think that the elite soldiers of Bingzhou are made of mud? 5,000 people want to fight 40,000 people, you are really burned unconscious!"

He Lanyi was furious, kicked the table in front of Hou Mo Chen Yi away, pulled out a knife and pointed at him and scolded: "Shut up the old man! You weed army, if you are verbose, the old man will kill you with a knife." ”

Not only He Lanyi, but other officers drew their swords one after another, glaring at Hou Mo Chen Yi, at this time, Hou Mo Chen Yi dared to say more, he would definitely be hacked to death by the Youzhou officers.

"Enough!"

Yang Yuanba scolded angrily, "Sit down for me." ”

Everyone glared at Hou Mo Chen Yi viciously, and sat down again, Yang Yuanba is the main general after all, although he is only a temporary main general, but he is the grandson of Yang Chudao, and he has a holy gold medal, they can't afford to mess with it.

Yang Yuanba also has a headache for this group of officers, although everyone usually gets along well, he gives orders, and everyone can obey them, but there is a premise in this, that is, it cannot affect the vital interests of these people, and they cannot cut off their road to wealth and wealth, once their vital interests are violated, don't say that he is the grandson of Yang Chudao, even if he is the king, these people are also not recognized by their six relatives, in the final analysis, these people are not his subordinates, if they are in Dali City, who dares to draw a knife in front of him?

Yang Yuanba waved his hand to silence everyone, "I know that everyone wants to make meritorious contributions and ask for rewards, and I want to, but everyone is a veteran, and they should all know that saving their lives is the first priority, and if you don't have a small life, what's the use of you wanting to reward them? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier ran to report: "General, General Yang of Shuozhou has sent someone to wait at the entrance of the town, saying that there is something important." ”