Crown Tang emperor

So two days after Wang Xiaojie challenged Duanmen for a battle, Li Tong finally called him into the imperial city, and when Wang Xiaojie entered the hall, he lowered his face and said angrily: "The imperial court has its own rules and regulations for civil and military appointments. Wang Duanmen, what do you want?"

Hearing the reprimand, Wang Xiaojie knelt down on the ground with a plop, before he could speak, his eyes were already blurred with tears, and then he choked up and said: "I know that I am stubborn, I am not in harmony with the public, and I dare not break the rules of the court by relying on the old. However, since joining the WTO, he has donated his life to serve in the army. Fortunately, his small efforts have not failed the grace of God. Hearing that today's thieves have harmed my family and country, it hurts my heart and soul!

All the ministers and nobles were invited by the bow and horse. Now that Hebei is suffering, I really dare not lie in the mansion with shameless face, and I am willing to serve the court with my life!The minister also knows about the great expedition, and he needs to be cautious when sending and employing, but he is only a warrior, and he dare not stand aside.If the willpower of this body is not enough to reward, I ask the court to send an imperial edict to transfer the title of the minister, so as to reward the meritorious service in the matter!I don't dare to boast about the past, but there is indeed a little construction in the matter, but I have to go with the army, even if I can't kill the thief quickly, I can still have a little control..."

Hearing Wang Xiaojie's confession, Li Tong couldn't help frowning.The reason why he didn't send Wang Xiaojie was naturally not because this guy contradicted him before, he still has the tolerance for this.

However, in the original history, this battle in Hebei is where Wang Xiaojie's hatred lies.Even though he was diligent in the king's affairs and spared his life, Wang Xiaojie's reputation in the army is indeed quite high. If he really loses on the battlefield, it will be a big blow to the army.

Moreover, Wang Xiaojie has the courage of a fighting general but not the talent of a general. His own qualifications and prestige can not fear anyone in the army, and he can still control himself in the capital. Can hold him down.

However, Wang Xiaojie is eager to invite the battle, and there have been a lot of such remarks in the court recently. After pondering for a while, Li Tong said in a deep voice: "All the military positions in the army have been awarded, and it is taboo to be a soldier before a battle. What's more, Wang said Xun coerced me, it’s hard to tolerate the law of affection, since you say that you are serving purely, not for greed, and you join the army for nothing, just for the purpose of jumping, and you don’t give him the right to command the army, do you still insist on going out with the army?"

"Your Majesty is tired of what you said before, and your old achievements may be slightly preserved, but I am afraid you will not be able to enjoy the mercy. Your teeth are still strong, but your favor is declining. You can only show off your bravery and hope to make new achievements. But if you can look after me with blue eyes, how dare you ask for more power... I wish you are dancing, Your Highness, please don't abandon me!"

Hearing Jian Guo Yuan Si's words, Wang Xiaojie hurriedly nodded and said.

Li Tong saw that this guy was still so persistent, and his words were honest, so he finally agreed with Wang Xiaojie to go out with the army. Of course, it is impossible to become a jumping soldier all at once, and arrange a military position as a jumping battalion master. , to ensure that this guy has no right to drag the whole army out, and at the same time strictly ordered: "After joining the army, if you dare to violate the military order of Shangfeng, no matter how high your merits are at the time of triumph, your head will be taken to honor our army. Wei!"

"I dare not! I must obey the military orders and never go beyond the rules!"

After hearing the words, Wang Xiaojie's face was slightly trembling, and he quickly expressed his opinion, but his face showed a bit of embarrassment: "I am a minister in the army, and I have a good reputation. Now I am in the army with a humble position. The general manager of the army may be an old member. Because of love for some reason, I can't bear to use my ministers in the battle. The words are caring, but in fact, I mistakenly kill the thief and create meritorious deeds. I implore your highness to give me the word, commensurate with the false name, and keep it secret from the public..."

When Li Tong heard this, he couldn't help being amused immediately. He just felt that this guy had a problem with his cognitive positioning. If he had worked with you for a period of time, it would be strange if he still cared about you.Especially someone like Zhang Renyuan, who is not very tolerant, gritted his teeth with hatred when he mentioned Wang Xiaojie.

However, Li Tong also considered what Wang Xiaojie said.It is indeed a bit wrong to put this guy in the striker jumping camp clearly and plainly. After all, war is not a game. It is not appropriate for a general with such great military exploits to be used in such a humble way. If he really wants to lose it on the battlefield, it will be a lot of fun of.

He himself opened a trumpet, and it would not be a big problem to create another one for Wang Xiaojie. After pondering for a while, he named Wang Xiaojie "Wang Pinglu".

Wang Xiaojie was very happy about this, but Li Tong couldn't help but change his mind when he saw this guy smiling and relieved, and then said: "Generals such as Qing are loyal and diligent for the country, and the court is not responsible for the rest. Miscellaneous love, don't worry about it."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaojie's expression froze for a moment, and he sighed after a while: "Your Highness is tolerant and tolerant, I am very grateful! Human affairs are difficult and dangerous, but there are also things to see, but the inferior nature indulges in indulgence and is not good at self-defense..."

Wang Xiaojie was so diligent in asking for the battle, even at the expense of taking a humble position under a pseudonym. Although the reason was very frank, there are still quite a few that are hard to say.

For example, at the beginning of his return to the court, he went to mourn King Xiang, and he clearly felt that King Xiang's son was a big kid, and his loyalty to King Xiang would likely plant the root of disaster and involve himself in some family turmoil.So this time the battle is also a self-help for him.

Hearing what Wang Xiaojie said, Li Tong also sighed. Although this guy's words and deeds are reckless, they are not blindly straightforward.Even if some things are foreseeable, it is difficult to kill them in the bud in advance.Since Wang Xiaojie can still control right and wrong, he is of course willing to give this guy another chance.

Chapter 0794 Hu dog must die, not an inch of money

In the outskirts, there are more than two hundred cavalrymen riding their horses all the way. The staffs and staffs are in disarray, such as knives or guns, and their costumes are not uniform, but there is one distinctive feature, that is, all the members are hair-haired. .And this also distinguishes this group of cavalry soldiers from the Chinese. It can be seen at a glance that they are the Khitan rebels who invaded Hebei.

This group of Khitan rebels wandered in the countryside, and they didn't have any clear goals, they just walked along the country roads and rivers.After more than a month of conquest, although their knowledge of the landscape and geography of the Tang Kingdom was still limited, they had accumulated a lot of experience from repeated raids and looting. As long as they followed the roads and rivers, they could always find the towns and villages of the Tang people. Settlements.

Tens of thousands of Khitans flocked to the south, so it was naturally impossible to provide a uniform supply of armor sticks and other materials.Except for the confidants of Qu Shuai, the leader of the chiefs, a large number of ordinary soldiers who joined the chaos themselves had no concept of supply.

But even if Khitan's army is so rough and crude, the morale of these rebellious soldiers is still not weak.After all, compared to the cold and barren Songmo tribe, the densely populated and rich Tang Kingdom is like heaven.Even if it is just a small village in the countryside, once it is looted, the harvest will be very gratifying.

Therefore, the Khitan chiefs didn't have to worry about how to control the army at all, and the miscellaneous soldiers who came from the south didn't need strict orders at all, and they were scrambling to plunder the four fields.

They didn't worry about the separation of their subordinates at all. They lived in a foreign country, and the appearance of the Khitan people was naturally different from that of the Tang people.After wandering and looting, they will eventually gather around the army.

Therefore, those Khitan chieftains only need to follow the route of paying tribute in the past, use their elite troops to attack the poorly guarded cities one by one, and divide up the wealth and reserves in the cities. As for the villages around the cities, they are like vultures and hungry wolves The miscellaneous soldiers ransacked and returned obediently to pay tribute.

In addition to plundering the countryside, these scattered soldiers also had the task of spying on the movements of the Tang army.

In this regard, no special scouting skills are required.A large number of miscellaneous pawns are scattered around the main force, and of course they retreat quickly when they encounter danger, and they will naturally bring back the enemy's intelligence.

Of course, there are not many such cases. After all, after the defeat of the Tang army in Youzhou, Datang has almost no organized army in the northern border of Hebei.Even if some local governments have hastily assembled village volunteers of various sizes, the obstruction they can cause to the main force of the rebel army is still very limited.

The Khitan relied on this marching mode, and after conquering Yingzhou, they traveled all the way south, went straight through several states, and arrived at Yingzhou. Only then did the momentum of the attack slow down.

In addition to the fact that Tang Rencheng's cavalry team has been found in the outer periphery of Jizhou in front, the nail in Yizhou has not been pulled out, which makes such a hidden danger in the back road, and also causes some disputes and contradictions among the upper echelons of the rebel army.

Of course, the disputes among the upper class did not affect the activities of the miscellaneous soldiers from all walks of life.

They were even overjoyed by the pause of the main force of the army. After all, the army passed through the state and marched too fast before, and the stop time in the states and counties along the way would not be too long, so they did not have enough time to plunder the countryside.In a city with concentrated population and wealth, it is not their turn to scatter soldiers like them to plunder the first wave.

Now these pawns, like mice falling into a rice vat, are constantly wandering in the countryside, searching for new targets of plunder.

This small team of 200 people, when they turned around a shallow stream, soon found an artificially built channel on the side of the stream, and a series of cheers and screams erupted in the team.Then continue along this channel, and after passing through a piece of woodland, you can see a wide view ahead, green nursery, and a Dazhai built according to the slope.

This team has wandered in the countryside for a long time, and finally found such a target, and the excitement in my heart goes without saying.They were not in a hurry to ride horses to attack the village, but rushed into the fields to harvest the ears of grain and pods that were already full, and while chatting for food, they also wanted to anger the villagers in the village and make the people inside be impatient. Stop and take the initiative to attack them.

After all, this group of people has simple equipment and really lacks the ability to tackle tough problems, and the size of the village does not seem to be small, so they may not be able to easily eat it.

In a similar situation, they have accumulated a lot of experience along the way to the south. Although the villagers can guard the village, the land outside the village is not protected.They couldn't understand each other's words, and few people in the team could know what the Tang people said. It was meaningless to shout and provoke them, but if they destroyed the crops that the Tang people regarded as their lives, some people in the village would not be able to bear it and would come out of the village to drive them away.

Sure enough, when they saw these hair-haired thieves wantonly destroying the crops that were about to be harvested, angry roars rang out from the crowded walls of the village.Not long after, the gate of the village was opened from the inside, and dozens of Zhuang Ding rushed towards the group of thieves wielding simple sticks.

Seeing that they got the trick again, those Hu soldiers howled again and again, mounted their horses quickly, slapped their horses' buttocks with knives and guns, and happily killed the villagers who came out of the village.

Although the villagers were angry, they were not afraid of life and death. Seeing the ferocious thieves coming on horseback, the anger in their hearts was also oppressed by fear, and they subconsciously withdrew and retreated. The already irregular team suddenly became chaotic into a ball.

Seeing this, Zhu Hu couldn't help but burst into laughter. They had seen similar scenes many times, and they were very familiar with the follow-up process.As long as the group of young men who rushed out of the village were killed, the villagers staying behind would be terrified and their fighting spirit would drop sharply. It would be much easier to attack the village, and then they would return with a full reward after looting.

While some Hu Zu were rushing to kill, they couldn't help imagining the scene of ransacking the village and harvesting a lot.However, at this moment, the narrow country road ahead shook suddenly, and a wide pothole appeared on the ground. The dozen Hu soldiers who rushed to the front stumbled and fell into the trap.

There were many sharp wooden spikes buried obliquely in the trap, and as the Huzu fell, these wooden spikes pierced fiercely into the bodies of these Huzu men and horses, blood splashed for a while, and the screams of the men and horses were endless.

Seeing this scene, the Hu soldiers on the back road were half scared, half frightened, and hurriedly tried to control the mounts under their crotches.

However, the horses that the rebel army can allocate to these miscellaneous pawns are all low-quality horses. It is also very difficult to get down.

As a result, there were many Hu pawns shouting in vain to tighten the reins, while watching themselves being dragged by their mounts and slammed into the pothole, and the wooden thorns were deeply pierced into their chests and abdomens.

At the same time, new changes also took place in the village. The young adults who had fled backwards with their wooden sticks stopped, and the sound of horses' hoofs was heard in the village, and more than a dozen horses rushed out.

The equipment of the knights on the horses was ridiculous. Each of them used hemp rope to tie two wooden planks to make two styles, and some even directly pushed the urn as a pocket, and they just roared and rushed out with their horses. , nothing more than plowshares.

But it was just such a dozen people who looked ridiculous, after rushing out of the stockade, they went straight to the Hu soldiers who had not yet recovered from the trap and blow.At first, a young man nearly seven feet tall was holding a hardwood hunting bow made by the villagers to drive away wild animals. He cut bamboo into arrows and used the bow to shoot frequently. He managed to hit several Hu soldiers in a row in a few breaths, which shows the exquisiteness of archery.

The Hu soldiers were suddenly ambushed, and they already had palpitations. Although some soldiers controlled their mounts in time and avoided the fate of being trapped and killed, when they subconsciously fled to the left and right, there were continuous rumbles and dust. Fei Teng, it turned out that the trap was set in more than one place, and several people were killed in it.

The Hu soldiers are also complaining at the moment. They are not in the mood to complain that these villagers are uneasy about farming, but they have hollowed out the surrounding area of ​​the village. The screams of their companions and the angry roars of the villagers made them flustered, and many people subconsciously Back off to the safest path.

In the final analysis, although these Hu soldiers are called rebels, they are nothing more than humble Hu soldiers wandering in the mountains and rivers of northern Liaoning to make a living. After a few full meals, he was bold enough to bully others, and he would panic if he really encountered the fearless resistance of the Tang people.

Some people took the lead in fleeing, and the rest didn't have much fighting spirit, so the remaining hundreds of Hu soldiers on the country road also turned their horses and retreated.

At this time, the villagers had already rushed to the vicinity of the trap. Seeing that Hu Zu who was trapped in it was struggling to climb out, they naturally raised their sticks and swung them into the pit. The sound of smashing was accompanied by the screams of Hu Zu, and several traps were all red and white. Although the scene was horrible, it was extremely hateful.

"Liulang is so cunning! These Hu dogs should be treated like this!"

A middle-aged Zhuang Ding with a dark complexion and a simple smile on his face waved his plowshare directly at the Hu Zu who had just poked his head out of the hole. The splashing of brains is very similar to the picture of hard work.

The young man rode his horse with a bow and continued to chase and shoot some of the pawns who were still wandering nearby. When the enemies were all driven to a distance, he looked back at the scene of the villagers picking up the heads, and couldn't help but slapped his forehead and sighed. "Grandfather and uncle, there is no place on these Hugou that can't be killed, you just want to destroy it according to the dog's head! The officers and soldiers will reward you for their merits, and it's all based on the dog's head! What do we do with this ruined head?" To win the trust of others?"

When the people in Zuojin Township heard this, their expressions changed one after another, and one person couldn't hold back his hand, and when he raised his stick, he got a headshot. Seeing that the villagers around him were glaring at him, they couldn't help saying embarrassingly: "This is so strange." Me? I’m a stranger with all kinds of good looks, these barbarian dogs are bald and scary, with such a ghostly appearance, can they have fun without smashing their heads?"

Everyone was annoyed and distressed, but when they heard this villager's argument, they couldn't help feeling sorry for each other, nodded each other, looked at the young man who reminded them, and said innocently: "That's the truth, it's not that we don't like rewards, it's just that Looking at the head is a good place to start!"

Not to mention the annoyance and regret of the villagers, it is a blessing to be able to save their lives during the plunder of the Hu soldiers.A group of people hastily cleaned up the battlefield, even the smashed skulls were harvested and packed up, wrapped in straw ashes and wrapped in hemp felt, and then hurried back to the stockade.

"Ah Weng, the Hu dogs have already wandered here, don't hesitate any longer, just abandon your home and run south!"

Back in the stockade, the young man turned to the elders of the clan and pleaded again.

Hearing the words, the old man sighed, looked around at the villagers and buildings around him, pointed to the north and began to yell, tears rolling down his face as he cursed, and finally covered his face and wailed: "Go, go! Take what you can take away, but what you can't take Burn it down, my Pangjiazhuang is worthless!"

The village was already preparing to evacuate, but when the villagers explored the road, they found that there were barbarians and bandits along the way, so they dared not go on the road rashly.Although they killed the Hu soldiers who had harmed their homeland now, those rout soldiers will definitely lead the crowd back to take revenge again, and the situation is already more critical.

As the thick smoke billowed up, the people in the village left the village where they lived in this era.And not long after leaving the village, they were divided into two roads under the strong request of the old man. The women and children carried their clothes and headed south, while the old, sick and disabled drove a few ox carts, which were full of earthen bags. Deep ruts are pressed in the wilderness, slowly walking in the opposite direction.

Chapter 0795 Supreme Khan, at a loss

Although Yingzhou is located in the fertile plains, it is not completely safe from danger. The rivers and canals in the state are rampant, and the wilderness is continuous.In particular, the two rivers, Fushui and Huchi, located in the southwest of the prefecture, run parallel to each other, forming a natural boundary within the region and the origin of the name of the prefectural river in Yingzhou.

Now, as the Khitan invaded Yingzhou, the rivers, canals and wilderness above the surface became the place where the two sides fought and fought.The locations where these battles took place also vary in scale and intensity because of their strategic value.

Among them, Anping, Raoyang and other places located between the border between Dingzhou and Yingzhou are the most fiercely fought areas.For the Tang army, Li Zhan's troops who had arrived in Dingzhou before were the main force, and nearly [-] volunteer troops from nearby towns cooperated in the battle.

Khitan invested even more soldiers in this area, and Wuben, the main force of the rebel army, had already advanced to Hejian not far from here. If they continued to move south, they would definitely break through the obstruction of the Tang army on this line.Moreover, the further south the Hebei territory became, the richer it was, and the more essence it contained, it naturally had a fatal attraction for the rebels.

Near the river beach on the south bank of the river, there are many temporarily dug battlefield trenches, which are the forefront of the battle between the two sides.At this time, near the river beach, the sound of drums and horns could be heard endlessly, and the armored soldiers of both sides rushed to fight, and soldiers were wounded or even killed every moment.

As for the Tang army, they were all old soldiers from the Kansai region. Li Zhan and others surrendered independently.The enemy army on the other side is equally strong, all the Khitan heroes with hairy faces and faces like ghosts, each wielding their sticks, come and go swiftly, fighting the Tang army at this place by the river, how could they not lose the wind, It made the battle stalemate for a while.

Although the Khitans are not well-known, they are also a large tribe in the Eastern Hu.Especially after the two great powers of East Turks and Goguryeo were destroyed one after another, the situation in the Northeast has undergone earth-shaking changes. Has been developed by leaps and bounds.

In particular, the Dahe clan, who is now the leader of the tribal alliance, obtained the mighty weapon bestowed by the Tang Dynasty as early as the early years of Zhenguan, and actively participated in the Tang Dynasty's foreign military use, especially the attack on Goguryeo. It is a servant army of the Hu tribe with considerable combat effectiveness in the northeast.

But the Hulu had always been afraid of authority and not of virtue. As the power of the headquarters grew, the Khitan gradually lost their previous obedience.As early as Emperor Gaozong's Xianqing period, Khitan joined forces with the Xi people to cause chaos in the northeast.

However, the Turks had already fallen at that time, and the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo had not intensified, and the war against Sanhan had just begun.The rebellion that year was tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble, and it was quickly suppressed and pacified.The current leader of the Khitan, Li Jinzhong, and his family also became the new leader of the Khitan with the support of Datang.

After all, Datang’s real opponent back then was Goguryeo, a giant in the sea, and Khitan was located in a remote and remote place. In order to quickly stabilize the Northeast and provide a basis for the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, Datang did not pursue this rebellion deeply. , just to get rid of the two bosses who provoked the order of the prison.

With the fall of Goguryeo, Datang's military power in the northeast has shrunk, especially the progress of the war with Tubo is not ideal, and the control of the northeast will inevitably weaken.

Afterwards, the remnants of the Eastern Turks returned to the country and caused chaos in the land of Monan. With the death of Emperor Gaozong, the Tang Dynasty fell into perennial political struggles and civil strife, which also gave the tribes of the Donghu more room for development.The Khitan rebellion this time can be said to be a result of the long-term failure of the order in the Northeast.

The hidden dangers in the Northeast have been accumulated for a long time, but when Xiang Wang was in power, he lacked a clear understanding of this. He believed that these Donghu tribes were still a submissive and usable force, and even tried to open up a sniper in Youzhou. new battlefield.A large number of people gathered in Youzhou, and the military was not entrusted with people, so that the Khitan almost seized all the materials accumulated in Youzhou.

The rebellion in Youzhou at the beginning of the year gave the Khitan, who was already ambitious because of its strength, precious materials for use.Especially the loss of a large number of armors, so that the Khitan army who made a comeback even had an armed level not inferior to the Tang army's elite, which also brought great difficulties to the Tang army who rushed northward and sniped Khitan.

The battle on the river beach is aimed at snatching a ferry on the river.Between Raoyang and Anping, where water and land converge, it is also an important water transportation node in central Hebei.This area used to be called Boling, which was originally a famous county in Hebei Province, and many famous clans such as the Cui family in Boling lived here for generations.

As early as many days ago, Li Zhan led his army to Anping, Dingzhou, and announced that the countryside would summon famous people from all over the world in the city.However, due to the coup in Luoyang, these rich families on the surface resisted the imperial edict, and it is still to be considered and weighed within the respective rural areas.

The cooperation of the villagers was not high, and the personnel were scattered among the villages. As the Khitan rebels advanced to Yingzhou, they provided the convenience for those rebels to plunder the countryside.Many towns and villages were breached, and the Khitan rebels also amassed a large amount of property and materials.

If so many materials want to be safely transported to the rear, the river canal channel is undoubtedly the most convenient path.Therefore, Li Zhan's troops also immediately changed their combat strategy, relying on their strong mobility and field combat capabilities to attack those temporary warehouses and ferries in Khitan along the river.

At the very beginning of the battle, due to the relatively low overall combat effectiveness and armed level of the Khitan forward troops, coupled with the rapid advance all the way, they were not vigilant enough. Therefore, the Tang army successively succeeded in sniping at the strongholds along the river and gained a lot.

The initial battle was relatively smooth, which also provided precious supplies for Li Zhan and his troops.Their group of people only crossed Hebei in early May, and they were busy fighting the riots in the various states along the way. They marched all the way, but they were not comprehensive enough in terms of food and supplies.

Earlier, when Li Zhan arrived in Anping, he sent word to various families in his hometown. He hoped that the wealthy families in these places would donate a large amount of money and food to supplement the army's consumption, but he met with resistance and resistance.

If it wasn't for the looting of a batch of materials from the Khitan, I'm afraid it would be unsustainable right now, and he had to withdraw to Jizhou to wait for the imperial court's supply of materials before continuing northward.

It was originally a battle within the territory, but it turned out that it was not as advantageous as the invading Khitan army.The rich families in those places kept their warehouses tight, and the officers and soldiers even had to snatch supplies from the bandits in order to gain the strength to continue fighting.

Thinking of this, the officers and soldiers were extremely depressed.But at present, there is no need to delve into these details.The Kansai soldiers, who are the main force against the enemy, believe that the imperial court and His Royal Highness Jian Guo Yuansi will give them an explanation.If it weren't for this confidence, to be honest, there is really no way to guarantee the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers right now.

On the shallow slope on the west side of the river beach, Li Zhan erected the flag here. Seeing the stalemate of the battle on the battlefield below, the bottom of Li Zhan's eyes flickered with anxiety.During the recent battles, he clearly felt that the Khitan army's combat effectiveness was getting stronger and their armor was getting better and better, which showed that the Khitan was gradually dispatching the elite to this area.

On the battlefield at this time, the numbers of the two sides participating in the battle were almost the same, and even the Khitan side had even fewer troops, but the officers and soldiers were faintly at a disadvantage. They are tightly attached, unable to leave the battlefield to regroup.

The official army is so weak, on the one hand, it is because they have been fighting for days, they have almost no rest, and the combat effectiveness of men and horses has declined.On the other hand, the Khitan soldiers participating in the battle this time are not weak. They are all brave and brave, with gold threads intertwined in their braids, and their armor distribution is like that of the first-line combat troops of the Tang army.

This road of people and horses also has a special name called Yeluohe, which means athlete and strong man in Donghu dialect.During the battle against Goguryeo in the Tang Dynasty, among the servants of the Hu tribe and the Yiluohe of the Khitan and Xi tribes mobilized to participate in the battle, but at that time, there were not many of them. Lack of performance.

However, during the Khitan rebellion this time, there were more and more fierce soldiers of the Hu tribe who were called Yeluohe. In the beginning of the battle, they were only serving as the commander of the army, but this time there were nearly [-] soldiers of the Hu tribe. Soldiers join the battle.

These Yiluohe soldiers are big-bodied, brave and fierce, skilled in bows and horses, and well-armed. Once they appear on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness is far beyond that of ordinary Hu soldiers.

If the Tang army joins the battle this way, of course they will fight bravely without fear of fighting with them, but after days of fighting, the state of the men and horses has declined, and they failed to defeat them quickly at the beginning of the battle. The disadvantages are becoming more and more obvious.

Suddenly, there was a sudden change on the battlefield. A fierce Hu general, Wu Dazhui, broke through several Tang soldiers on the battlefield one after another.

"He Axiao of a certain Songmo Mansion, the pioneer in front of Supreme Khan's camp, the Tang general on the slope dare to come to fight?"

After breaking through the obstacles, General Hu became more flamboyant and unrestrained. He rode his horse along the line and walked along the front of the army, shouting, waving his arms and yelling at him repeatedly: "You have no courage, you dare to fight!"

Seeing this scene, Li Zhan's face was already ashen, he raised his hand and pointed, and a ten-man team was formed under his command, and rushed to kill General Hu. General Hu laughed and left after seeing this, and joined the battle formation The troops continued to fight fiercely.

Naturally, Li Zhan couldn't bear this provocation, and turned his head to look at the river barriers that the peasants had just erected on the river since they were busy the day before yesterday.

"Order all the civilians to cross the river on floating boards, no need to wait for the officers and soldiers! The remaining arrows in the army are given to the archers, give up the ferry, and follow me to kill the thieves!"

Struggling and weighing in his heart, Li Zhan began to get off his horse and put on his armor and said in a deep voice.The reason why such a decision was made was not only because of General Hu's humiliation in front of the battle, but also because of the situation on the battlefield, he no longer had the confidence to hold the ferry here.

After all, apart from the narrow river channel, there is almost no danger to defend the ferry here.Forcing to stay here to continue fighting will only make the soldiers more exhausted, and there is even the danger of the entire army being wiped out here.

Hearing the command of the general, all the soldiers along the river who had not participated in the battle also silently prepared.Seeing this situation, the folk husbands were all very sad, but the situation was invincible, and trying to force it would not help, it would only bring greater losses, so they jumped into the river one after another, and swam across the driftwood to the opposite side. go.

But among the peasant husbands, there are still dozens of young, strong and strong people who are unwilling to leave, and some even rushed into the ranks of armored soldiers with a look of anger and shouted: "Xiangyi is brave and powerful, and is willing to fight fiercely with the general to kill the thieves! If you die, you will die, and I will never bear to see thieves harming my homeland while rebelling against the way!"

"Distribute spare equipment and war horses to them."

After Li Zhan heard the words, he said casually, waved his hands, and then got on his horse with the help of the soldiers, glanced at the excited village warriors, and said again: "The officers and soldiers have their own formations and techniques, and you can kill them if you can kill them." Kill, walk if you can, don't mess with my formation!"

After saying this, Li Zhan clamped the horse's belly, put the horse's lance horizontally in front, and rushed to the battlefield down the slope first, and at the same time shouted: "Don't be mad, the generals of the Tang family, a certain Tang family is loyal and brave, take your dog!" Life!"

Hundreds of Tang troops on the shallow slope are also forming a battle formation at this time. Dozens of fine cavalry and the main general in front form a front formation, and dozens of archers in the back line control the bow and point their bows. Pointing to, the arrow is off the string and enters the bandit's formation first, and immediately shoots a striking gap in the enemy's formation.

Li Zhan and other spear-wielding forwards rushed into the enemy's formation, and continued to tear the gap open. In the back, there were saber-wielding soldiers slashing and shaking the enemy's formation.Therefore, with the addition of fresh troops along the way, the entire battlefield has undergone tremendous changes due to this impact.

The pressure on the soldiers who had been trapped in the battle formation for a long time had dropped sharply, and they finally had a gap to move to the periphery of the battlefield, trying to catch up with the tail of the rear army entering the formation, and strangle the enemy forcefully.

"Stop the confluence of the Tang army!"