In the big tent of the Tianxiong Army camp, Lu Xiangsheng sat behind the main case, and Wu Dading still stood behind him with a knife. Zu Kuan, Li Chongjin and other Liaodong generals stood on the left side of the big tent, while Yang Maogong, Zhao Libin and other Tianxiong Army generals stood on the right side.

Lu Xiangsheng said, "In today's battle, our soldiers are fighting for the first place, defeating the bandits and killing countless people! I have reported to the court to tell you the merits and relieve my emperor's worries! As expected, the bandits will not be willing to be defeated today, and will gather elite troops to challenge! I am already not allowed to stop the night to investigate the bandits' movements. Gao Yingxiang has been defeated repeatedly in recent years and is arrogant. When he sees my few soldiers, he should lead heavy troops to defeat me and even defeat me. What are the countermeasures of all the generals? Just say it!"

The generals on both sides immediately started to talk.

Yang Maogong took the lead and bowed, "Supervisor, although the number of thieves is dozens of times that of me, the strongest people are the more than 10,000 elite cavalry of the thieves, and there are not many elites under the remaining thieves. Moreover, the thieves are uneven, and each family will never take out all their wealth to fight our army. If the thieves come, the old camp of thieves will be the main force. Now the only thing that is the thieves' horse team is the team, and the rest are not afraid of it!" After saying that, Yang Maogong turned his head and looked at Zu Kuan and others on the opposite side.

How could the generals of Liaodong opposite not understand their intentions? Zu Kuan has been arrogant and domineering for a long time, and his family has married around Liaodong. With the decline of the Li Chengliang family, the power of the Zu family has become the most influential among the Liaodong official army, so he developed a personality like Zu Kuan.

This time Chongzhen ordered the Ministry of War to transfer him to the mainland to suppress the thieves, and he was reluctant to do so. In his heart, the three thousand men under his command had become his private property and were unwilling to charge for the court. Under the persuasion and strict orders of his father, Zu Dabi, the general of Guanning, he came to Lu Xiangsheng's command to obey the order.

He looked down on civil servants in his heart. As the chaos in the world became increasingly fierce, the status of a martial artist with a knife gradually surpassed that of civil servants. But now, it is still the Zhu family. The generals in Liaodong have received the favor of the emperor for generations and have not yet dared to openly despise the authority of the court.

Unexpectedly, he won a great victory in his first battle after entering the Central Plains, and even more so, Lu Xiangsheng, as an important official in the court, was actually in front of the battle. This made Zu Kuan admire him very much, so he restrained himself a lot in front of Lu Xiangsheng.

After hearing Yang Maogong's words, he went out to attack Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Supervisor, we are all rough people, we can only charge in the battle. We don't understand any strategies. General Yang said that there are horses on the opposite side and they are still very good at fighting. Didn't we fight in the morning? Isn't it just a charge? If the bandits come, how can we fight? I just listen to the dispatch of the Supervisor! If he is the King of Chuang and Emperor of Chuang, in the eyes of my ancestor, he is a group of people waiting to die!" After saying that, he raised his head and looked at him sideways. Yang Maogong turned his face to the side and pretended not to see him. Zu Kuan snorted proudly and returned to the queue.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Without worrying about the immortality of the bandits with such a powerful general, if there are such a strong general, the bandits are powerful, our army should avoid their edge, attack their weakness, and defeat them at the lowest cost. After all, there are many bandits, and it is impossible to kill them in one go. The purpose of this battle is to kill more elite bandits and then drive them to the mountains. After that, we went to Ruzhou. The soldiers have been fighting for a long time and need to rest. The official also needs to write a memorial to the emperor, report on the current increasingly powerful situation of bandits, and ask the emperor to send additional food and salary to expand the source of troops, so as to eliminate bandits as soon as possible and return the place where the people of the Ming Dynasty live!"

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng paused for a moment, then curled his smile and said, "General Zu, take out two thousand cavalry, General Li, your troops sent out one thousand cavalry, and three thousand cavalry teams to detour on both sides and behind the bandits. The bandits came to attack our camp. The official will rely on the camp and use strong bows and crossbows to suppress their spirits. When the enemy's aura is dismayed, the camp will fire cannons, and then you and I will charge from all sides at the same time.

, defeat the bandits and infantry, and let the bandits and horses fall into the chaos! If nothing unexpected happens, this will be another great victory! Remember, don’t be greedy for merit after defeating the bandits. Today, the two defeated bandits are expected to be terrified and will retreat to the mountains to recuperate. Our army has not much food and grass. It is a helpless move to Ruzhou after this battle. When our army is strong and the food and grass is ready, we will look for the bandits and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

When all the generals heard this, they all bowed their orders. Lu Xiangtong hurried into the tent. Before the case came, she knelt on the ground with one leg and bowed loudly and reported loudly: "I have reported to the commander-in-chief. I have found that the bandits are gathering. The number of people has not yet been discovered. I will report it!"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and ordered, "I know, continue to investigate and report in time!" Lu Xiangtong responded.

Lu Xiangsheng then ordered the generals to return to the camp to prepare and send additional troops to search for alert at night. Three thousand cavalry set out after half an hour. The infantry of Tianxiong Army repaired weapons and prepared gōng    nǔ and then rested on the spot, waiting for the arrival of the bandits.

Since Gao Yingxiang ordered all the thieves to send troops to attack the official army, two full hours later, the bandits had only gathered after various chaos.

It was almost time to come, and Gao Yingxiang frowned when he saw this, but these were not his subordinates, and he had no right to control other people's generals.

Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong was coming on a yellow horse, he snorted coldly, and his disgust towards Zhang Xianzhong suddenly rose. He began to think about whether he wanted to take the opportunity to kill Zhang Xianzhong and to annex his subordinates.

But his face was full of spring breeze, and he laughed: "Someone said just now that Brother Zhang was afraid of the government army and dared not come! Haha! I don't believe it. I know that the famous Huang Hu is a hero, so how could he be afraid of the government army? Isn't that true, Brother Zhang really here? Hahahaha!"

Zhang Xianzhong was disdainful and said with a smile on his face: "I went to pick people to fight myself. They all chose strong men, so I came a while later. Just don't blame me if I broke into the king!"

Gao Yingxiang laughed and said, "It's rare for me to have a lot of thought. Since we have all the people, let's set off now. I've sent out the siege team. I'll lead the three thousand horse teams. Are you willing to join me?"

The leaders of various bandits shouted and agreed.

Gao Yingxiang rode a dark horse, holding the reins in one hand, waving forward with the other, shouting: "Go out!"

Then he gently knocked his legs against the horse's belly, and the mounts were moving forward in a row. The leaders of the bandits followed closely, and then the three thousand horse team started. Tens of thousands of infantrymen followed in a mess of shouts from their respective generals.

Along the way, smoke and dust rolled, and the horse was exploring its horses and galloping back and forth, constantly reporting the situation ahead. Half an hour later, the Ming army camp had already appeared in the sight of Gao Yingxiang and others.

Gao Yingxiang and others held down their war horses and raised one hand upwards. The personal soldiers beside them blew the trumpet, and more than three thousand cavalry stopped one after another. Tens of thousands of bandit soldiers more than a thousand steps away from behind rushed up.

Gao Yingxiang turned his head and gave a few instructions. Yidou Valley Huanglong turned his horse's head and rushed towards the bandits behind with a few personal soldiers. When passing by the cavalry team, Huanglong shouted loudly, and the three thousand cavalry divided into two teams, galloping to both sides, while giving way to the infantry behind.

The Ruyang area is located in the heart of the Central Plains, with an endless plain with an extremely wide terrain. Even if Gao Yingxiang and others are not able to carry out hundreds of thousands of teams.

Huanglong continued to face the infantry team that was rushing over, and stopped the war horse when he was 5,000 infantrymen at the front.

Guo Tianxing, who led the five thousand infantrymen, rushed over and came to Huanglong and pulled the horse and asked loudly: "Huang Laosan, what are you doing here? Are you waiting for me?"

Huang Long smiled and said, "Didn't the King of Chuang ask me to come, do you think I miss you?"

"Bah! You coward, if you want me, I might as well die!" Guo Tianxing cursed with a smile.

Huang Long smiled and continued, "The camp of King Lu Yan is ahead. King Chuang asked me to come and talk to you, stop the whole team, greet the archers from each family and go to the front. The infantry of our old camp took the lead, and finally the infantry of each family followed. I understand the thoughts of King Chuang, I want our children to fight a good battle and show the might of those who have cast them over!"

"At that time, I will send someone to order him, please let him know about the King of Hell and the King of Hell, and ask them to become King of Hell directly, hahaha!"

"Then I'll go back to the King of Chuang. Lao Han, it's up to you later!" After saying that, Huang Long led his personal soldiers to fight back and turn around the front line. Zhu Tianxing went to arrange the team to gather.

Back in front of the formation, Huang Long finished reporting to Gao Yingxiang, and a sharp horn suddenly sounded from the Ming army camp in the distance.

Then the camp gate opened, and a Ming general rode a tall horse, dressed in neatly. He took the lead in riding out of the camp, with a horse following each side.

Then, teams of Ming troops wearing red mandarin duck battle jackets and eight-petal iron helmets came out in a row.

The three Ming troops who were leading the horses and rushed to a distance of hundreds of steps from Gao Yingxiang and others, and looked here. The Ming troops behind them, under the command of the generals, quickly moved closer to the three Ming troops, and then arranged a formation at more than a hundred steps behind them.

In about a quarter of an hour, nearly five thousand Ming troops had formed a neat square formation with archers in front, swords, shields, and spearmen behind. Then a team of cavalry rushed out of the camp and divided into two teams to protect the flanks of the infantry.

Gao Yingxiang and others were shocked. In contrast, their team had not yet completed the team formation in half an hour, and the other party had already lined up and waited in a short time. Compared with the two moves, the advantages and disadvantages were judged.

Gao Yingxiang's eyes rolled, and he blew, and said, "The government army always did these tricks! When fighting, it's not just about whoever has more tricks, whoever wins, and he has to fight hard with one sword and one shot! There are only a few thousand people, and we will charge forward, haha!" The bandit leaders behind him also expressed their consent.

Only Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang looked solemn and said nothing.

Gao Yingxiang looked back and saw that his team was still in chaos.

He shouted angrily: "This is a child-loving thing that Guo Tianxing has done! Go and pass on my order again! It will be done in a quarter of an hour. I will use a whip to whip him! Go!"

Huang Long took the order to beat the horse and ran to the back again. After half an hour, he rushed over with Guo Tianxing. Behind the two, a group of archers, Wu Yangyangyang, followed by the two. Then thousands of soldiers under Gao Yingxiang, strode in a barely neat formation. As for the so-called elites gathered by the bandits, they were still chaotic and followed noisy.

Huang Long and the others strangled the horses a few steps away from Gao Yingxiang. Guo Tianxing cursed and said, "King of Chuang, except for our own archers, there are not many donkey balls that can be fired. I sent it down and found it for a long time to collect more than 100. In addition, our own archers have more than 800 arrows. These timid archers don't bring too many arrows. The more are only five, and the less are two or three, so I can't do it!"

Gao Yingxiang glared at him dissatisfiedly and said, "Super our arrows evenly to the few arrows, they are all brothers of the rebels. Our ones are theirs. After dispatching them, quickly make an array! The archers faced the battle, and when they reached the range, they started shooting. They shot and retreated to both sides! Infantry rushed forward, the cavalry protected both sides, and there were thousands of officers and soldiers on the opposite side. There were so many of us, and we rushed over and crossed them! Go to the sky star, command the archers, Huanglong, lead the team to rush! Go!"

The two of them received the order. The archers team such as the Tianxing came near the front and back, and led a few personal soldiers to start rectifying the formation. Several people held horse whips, shouted and cursed, and beat the horse whip. It took a long time to barely form more than 800 archers into a crooked square formation.

Guo Tianxing shouted, and led his personal soldiers to drive the horse forward. The archers followed closely and marched towards the officials and troops more than 500 steps ahead. The already uneven team walked dozens of steps and then went into chaos. Gao Yingxiang and others frowned.

Zhang Xianzhong drove his horse to Gao Yingxiang and said, "The King of Rebellion is a bit wrong. The number of officials and horses seems to be insufficient!"

Gao Yingxiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have investigated it a long time ago. The official army has only three or four thousand cavalry. This time it will only be two thousand cavalry to protect the infantry. The rest must be to see that we are so crowded that we are afraid that it will be inconvenient to fight back to the camp in a while! Lao Zhang, have you seen it? The official army is not far from the camp, so I must want to fight with us and slapped my spirit, and then retreat to the camp to guard the camp. The official army's camp is good! If we attack for a strong force, it will definitely lose a lot. He bet that I will not force his camp. Apart from the hill in front of us, there is no ambush around. Don't be afraid, those Liaodong barbarians must have hid in the camp!"

Zhang Xianzhong replied: "The King of Chuang said that, but it is better to be careful! King Lu is famous and not easy to share with him!"

Gao Yingxiang nodded and said, "Brother is right! I will send additional probes to investigate everywhere and guard against the government army!"

After saying that, Gao Yingxiang recruited two personal soldiers, and after a few instructions, the two of them rushed towards the cavalry on both sides.

Lu Xiangsheng rode on the horse, watching the thieves archers coming in a mess, and then ordered the 500 archers of the official army to respond to the enemy.

Yang Maogong waved the triangular red flag in his hand and waved it five times in a row. Five hundred archers in front lined out, forming a formation of three in front and two in the back. He climbed over Lu Xiang and stalked towards the bandits.

When Gao Yingxiang saw the official army team leaving the formation, he immediately ordered to wave the flag and let his own horse team attack and strangle the small army.

But the official army was prepared for a long time. Gao Yingxiang's cavalry slowly moved forward after seeing the banner. The Liaodong cavalry on both sides moved forward at the same time. After seeing this, Gao Yingxiang had to order the cavalry to stop.

When the archers on the opposite side saw the official army coming towards him, many people couldn't help but panic. Some of the archers turned their heads and wanted to run away, some panic and screamed, and some shot when they opened their bows.

Guo Tianxing's face turned blue. He rode his horse and chopped off the head of a thief who wanted to escape. A stream of blood spurted out from the neck of the thief whose head was cut off. The chopped skull rolled on the ground for a few steps before stopping. He had a panic expression on his face, his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, looking extremely terrifying.

The bandits were immediately frightened and the scene suddenly became quiet.

Guo Tianxing looked ferocious and raised his sword and shouted: "Who is the one who runs away again? My sword is not a vegetarian! The whole team!"

The two sides were hundreds of steps apart, and the government troops took dozens of steps and stopped to rectify the formation, and then continued to move forward, moving very quickly.

When the bandits had just formed a formation of four hundred people in two rows, the official army had already arrived about 150 steps.

Under the threat of Guo Tianxing, the bandits gritted their teeth and went forward. When they were one hundred steps away from the official army, the bandits' archer stopped and refused to go forward no matter what.

Seeing that the official army had entered the range, he still had not stopped and immediately ordered the arrow to be fired, and then he led his personal soldiers to attack the horse and retreated to the side.

The bandits and archers fired their bows and arrows at the official army.

Although the distance of more than a hundred steps is within the range of the bow and arrow, the arrow is soft and weak when it falls, and its lethality is insignificant. Moreover, the bow used by bandits is not a standard long bow. Some use short-shot bows, some use hunting bows, and some use riding bows.

In the first round, more than 800 arrows fell to the official army, and most of them were bounced away by the official army's iron helmets. A few arrows fell on their bodies, and they could not penetrate the mandarin duck war jackets with iron sheets inside. Only a few unlucky people were shot in their arms, but they were not deep in the flesh.

Several officials who were caught in the arrow gritted their teeth and endured it and moved forward as usual.

The bandits were even more panicked when they saw the official army still strode. Many people didn't look at it, and they accelerated to shoot the arrows in their hands. Some of them didn't even open their bows and shot them halfway through.

After the bandits shot out four rounds of arrows, the official army reached a distance of about seventy steps. Only more than fifty people were killed in the arrows. These more than fifty people automatically landed at the end of the team, and the rest moved quickly, and the formation was still neat.

A leader shouted, and the official army stopped and began to blew the bow and arrow. As the whistle was blowing, a sound of bowstrings, more than 400 iron arrows flew into the sky with a buzzing sound, and instantly reached the heads of the bandits.

The iron arrow lost its kinetic energy toward the ground, and it turned around under the weight of the arrow and rushed towards the ground.

With the screams, the triangular arrows pierced fiercely on the heads and shoulders of the bandits.

Almost all of these bandit archers were wearing armor, and they were only wrapped in cloth scarves on their heads, which could withstand the attack of three-edged arrows that could penetrate armor.

Many thieves who were caught in the head did not snort, and their foreheads were directly penetrated by sharp arrows and died immediately.

The bandits whose shoulders and arms were shot suddenly lost their combat effectiveness. Some bandits' arms were directly penetrated by triangular arrows, and their mouths were screaming like human voices.

In just over a dozen breaths, the official army shot four waves. Except for those who died and fell to the ground, the other bandits who reacted screamed and fled in scattered. More than 800 bandit archers escaped less than 200.

At this time, a short sound of horns sounded in the official camp, and the five hundred archers who were fighting turned and retreated. A thousand spearmen stepped forward to respond, and the horses on both sides also moved slowly to prevent the opponent's horses from raiding these archers.
Chapter completed!