Pei Xingyan led the cavalry to attack the logistics supplies just to intercept the retreat of the bandit army. While the cavalry attacked, the Sui army, hidden in the forest, also launched an attack on the main force of the bandits.

At this time, ten thousand bandit soldiers were lying on the grass and fell asleep soundly, wrapped in blankets. They never thought there would be ambush here.

Even Wang Bo, after entering Lu County, his last trace of vigilance disappeared. In any case, the Sui army should have taken action to ambush them a long time ago, and would never delay it until now. He entered Lu County for two hundred miles before taking action. This is impossible. It can only mean that his strategy of sneak attacking Qi County is about to succeed.

It was because of the peace of mind that Wang Bo fell asleep in extreme fatigue.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of gangs suddenly rang in the night sky. Following the sound of gangs, thousands of long arrows shot out like rain, pounced on the gangs and soldiers sleeping soundly on the grass. Only a shrill scream was heard, countless gangs and soldiers were shot and rolled in pain on the ground.

Many soldiers woke up in their sleep, got up in panic, and the grass was in a mess, followed by thousands of long arrows shooting overwhelmingly, as dense as rain, and a large number of bandits were hit by arrows.

At this time, Wang Bo had also woken up from his sleep. He immediately understood what was going on. He was so anxious that he shouted: "Get together to fight!"

But his voice was too small and drowned by the soldiers' miserable defeat and the screams of fear.

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The sound of war drums from the Sui army attacked.

Zhang Xuan waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers! The heroic moment is coming, let the thief army tremble under our sword!"

The Sui army roared in unison, and the swords and spears drew a murderous aura. Five hundred cavalrymen came from the south, as fast as thunder, swept towards the lost thief army with a devastating force.

Six thousand Sui troops rushed into the chaotic thief army like a tide. The thief army was in chaos. They had no intention of resisting and collapsed in an instant. They fled in all directions, crying and shouting. The heads rolled under the Sui army's horse hooves, and the begging turned into a scream of death.

It was night at night, and the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Although the armor of the bandits was similar to that of the Sui army, their white helmets and the large white patch on their chests were still clearly visible, causing the Sui army to massacre effortlessly.

Seeing that his army was unable to resist, Wang Bo was completely defeated and could no longer organize resistance, so he had to lead two hundred confidant soldiers to flee southwest in a hurry.

He felt extremely sad. How much left in the ten thousand troops can be depends on the will of God.

As Wang Bo fled in a hurry, the bandit army fled in chaos. Most of them instinctively fled to the south, but were intercepted by five hundred cavalrymen. The soldiers were desperate and knelt down and surrendered, begging the Sui army for spare time.

This battle killed the thief army and blood flowed into a river, and corpses were everywhere. More than 4,000 thief soldiers were killed one after another, and less than a thousand escaped. All the other thief soldiers surrendered.

However, the Sui army suffered less than 100 casualties, making it the most glorious battle since the Sui army conquered Langya County in the south.

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In Songcheng County, Liang County, Zhang Xutuo's counterattack was also faced with a head-on attack from the Wagang Army. Near Longhuan Town, about twenty miles south of Songcheng County, the 6,000 vanguards led by Zhang Xutuo were surrounded by tens of thousands of Wagang Army.

Zhang Xutuo's eyes looked coldly around the wilderness. He had heard the sound of killing and the sound of thunder-like war drums coming from front, back and left and right. He saw the dense Wagang army appearing from all directions, most of them were infantry. Judging from Zhang Xutuo's experience, it should be no less than 30,000 people.

Zhang Xutuo made a very accurate judgment, with a total of 30,000 troops. Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin, and Hao Xiaode each led 10,000 people to surround the Sui army in a font shape.

The action to fight the Sui army was planned by Zhai Rang himself. The three armies were like a huge hunting net, quickly gathering towards their prey, but when they were about four hundred steps away from Zhangxutuo's army, the 30,000 Wagang army stopped.

It was as if the prey was a ferocious lion. No one dared to go up to catch the prey. Generally, the lion would wait for the lion to die, not to mention that the other party was Zhang Xutuo, who was famous all over the world.

The Wagang Army was defeated by Zhang Xutuo in Jibei County. Everyone is still scared and no one dares to attack rashly, but everyone is eager to get the best spoils, Zhang Xutuo's head.

"If you pass on my order, you will get a reward of 5,000 taels for Zhang Xutuo's head!" Zhai Rang spent the biggest expense, and the 30,000 Wagang army began to be ready.

Zhang Xutuo smiled coldly. This scene seemed to be as expected by him. He only led 6,000 troops north to serve as bait, to lure the Wagang army out of the city to fight a decisive battle.

Zhang Xutuo ordered in a deep voice: "Create a crossbow formation!"

Under the siege of the heavy army, Zhang Xutuo's six thousand crossbow troops quickly formed a circle formation, with two large circles inside and outside, one step apart from the outer circle, and one step apart from the inner circle, and the other is also one step apart from the outer circle, so that both sides can enter and exit one by one, forming two sections of shooting.

Every Sui army soldier held the latest equipment horn crossbow in his hands.

This is a two-stone crossbow with a bow body of three feet and three feet and a string length of two feet and five feet and a range of two hundred steps, and an effective killing range of one hundred and fifty steps.

Because it has a long range, it is slightly difficult to wind the strings, and the arm strength must be combined with the foot pedals. However, after a long period of intensive training, the crossbow soldiers can also be proficient in winding the strings and can be wound in the shortest time.

Arrows are also carefully crafted by the best craftsmen in the military weapon supervision. The arrows are one foot long and the tips are drawn in a long droplet shape, which is sharper, faster and has better armor penetration.

Six thousand crossbowmen formed two large circles inside and outside, and six thousand horn crossbows coldly aimed at the enemy troops three hundred steps away, and the two sides formed a confrontation.

But this confrontation only lasted for a moment. Hao Xiaode's army in the northwest launched the attack first, and then Shan Xiongxin's army in the northeast also launched the attack, but the 10,000 Zhai Rang's army in the north did not move. They shook the flag and shouted, and cheered the drums.

Zhai Rang had a little doubt. Zhang Xutuo, who was famous all over the world, shouldn't be in ambush so easily. What is his idea?

The 20,000 Wagang Army rushed from both left and right directions, with a rush of momentum, which was shocking, but Zhang Xutuo was motionless. He was confident and not panicked. Seeing that although the army in the north shouted to kill Lian Tian, ​​Zhang Xutuo did not actually attack. He felt something in his mind, so he quickly adjusted the formation, from a circle formation to a half-moon formation, with a larger launch surface.

Although the Sui army had only 6,000 people, they were as solemn as Mount Tai. They all looked cold and crossbows with their hands, aiming at the Wagang Army that was rushing towards them. They had no fear or desire to retreat. The powerful murderous aura emitted by the Six Thousand Group was no less than that of the 2,000 Wagang Army.

The Wagang Army was quickly rushing towards the Sui Army, three hundred steps...two hundred steps...two hundred steps...two hundred steps...two fifty steps. Hao Xiaode's army in the northwest was the first to enter the killing distance.

A rapid sound of gangs suddenly sounded among the Sui army. Following the sound of gangs, three thousand crossbow arrows shot out like heavy rain, and rushed towards the dense Wagang soldiers. A group of people were overturned, and thousands of Wagang soldiers were shot, tumbling down to the ground, screaming everywhere, and a mess.

Immediately afterwards, three thousand crossbow soldiers stomped forward, and three thousand crossbow arrows shot out, as dense as rain, and another hundred soldiers were killed by arrows.

After one round of shooting, the soldiers quickly retreated. The three thousand crossbowmen who had just shot had already launched a crossbow arrow and went forward to fire again. Gradually, the Sui soldiers had formed a tacit understanding. They no longer fired arrows one by one, but instead fired arrows side by side. Each of them formed a time difference with their comrades next to them. One round of arrows was shot, and another round of arrows was fired immediately.

Lifting the strings, drawing arrows, falling grooves, and shooting were almost done in one go. The movements were extremely skillful, so that the arrow formation did not stop at any time, as comfortable as flowing water. The overwhelming arrows shot towards the enemy army formation one by one. In just a short distance of 100 steps, five rounds of 30,000 arrows had been shot, and nearly eight thousand injured in the Wagang Army had been killed and wounded.

The soldiers of the Wagang Army were frightened by the opponent's powerful arrow formation and bloody casualties. More and more soldiers began to turn around and escape.

Hao Xiaode's army collapsed first, and the entire army retreated and retreated from the siege.

Zhai Rang was shocked when he saw that the Sui army's crossbow army formation was so sharp. Moreover, Hao Xiaode's army had retreated, leaving only Shan Xiongxin's army. In this way, there would be a force loophole in unilateral combat, and the Sui army could withdraw from this loophole calmly.

He immediately shouted, "Get off!"

The sound of the gongs to withdraw the troops was ringing, and the unfavorable Wagang army retreated like a tide and retreated three hundred steps away. After a moment, the battlefield was silent, leaving only corpses and wounded soldiers who were wailing constantly.

At this moment, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand and said, "The main force of his life attack!"

The battle flag was waving high, which was a signal of attack. More than 10,000 Sui troops who were ambushing two miles away saw the signal of attack and came to the battlefield from both east and west directions.

The Wagang army suddenly became panicked. Zhai Rang realized that he had been fooled. The Sui army lured him out of the city. He hissed and ordered: "Get out of the army quickly and return to the city!"

Suddenly, there was a chaos behind the Wagang Army, and thousands of troops came from behind the Wagang Army, which was extremely sharp and immediately disrupted the main force of the Wagang Army.
Chapter completed!