The terrain of Laishui County is high in the west and east, just at the junction of the Taihang Mountains and the Hebei Central Plains. There are many mountains in the west, with hills in the middle, while the terrain in the east is gradually flat. When it comes to Zhuo County, it is an endless vast plain.

The 50,000 Sui army only rested for one night in Laishui County. The next morning, the 50,000 army quickly advanced eastward. At noon, the army set up a camp about ten miles from Zhuo County. A three-meter-high viewing tower was built in front of the camp. On the tower, Yang Yuanqing was looking at the enemy camp in the distance.

Xue Wanche's army was not stationed in the county town, but erected a camp on the left side of the county town to form a square camp. Judging from the size of the camp, there should be only more than 20,000 people.

Qin Qiong next to him said: "Zhuo County has a tall city and a wide wall. According to our scouts, more than a dozen large warehouses have been built inside, with rich grain storage and very suitable for defending the city and resisting war. However, Xue Wanche did not garrison in the city, which is a bit strange."

"Not surprising!"

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "My relationship with their brothers is good. My brother Wan Jun is good at defending, and my brother Wan Che is good at attacking. The former crown prince Zhao once joked that their brothers are both offensive and defensive. Xue Wanche stationed the camp outside the city. It is obvious that he wanted to go against us. A mere 20,000 people actually wanted to fight against my 50,000 army. What is his dependence?"

"Heavy Armored Iron Cavalry!" Qin Qiong blurted out.

On the other side, Xie Yingdeng said a little strangely: "The five thousand heavy armored cavalry are Luo Yi's treasures. He didn't bring them back to Youzhou. This is really strange."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's not surprising that Luo Yi did not want to put the main battlefield in Youzhou. He only had Zhuo County, Yuyang and Anle counties, and the most important thing was Zhuo County. He wanted to stop us from the front line of Zhuo County, so he did not withdraw the heavy armored cavalry. It was just that we advanced too fast, and Luo Yi's reinforcements were not yet able to dispatch, which was a forced force for Xue Wanche. Once he entered the city, he would form a siege to attack reinforcements, and his heavy cavalry could not play his advantage."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Where is General Wang?"

Wang Junguo stood not far behind Yang Yuanqing. He immediately stepped forward and bowed and said, "I am humble!"

"You can lead 10,000 infantry to challenge the enemy camp, and use bows and crossbows to suppress the enemy!"

"As for the order!"

Yang Yuanqing ordered again: "General Xie can lead 5,000 cavalry to cover the infantry. If the strength is not good, withdraw immediately. Do not fight in love."

Xie Yingdeng also bowed and said, "Abide by the order!"

Two generals left after the orders. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Qin Qiong: "The Youzhou army does not want Zhuo County. We want, Shubao can lead 10,000 people to seize Zhuo County at night."

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The sound of the war drums of 'dong!dong!dong!' knocked in the Sui army camp, and the camp gate opened. Teams of crossbowmen, archers, spearmen, and swords and shields were lined up to the camp in turn. Then, five thousand cavalry ran out from the other side, divided into two groups, guarding on both sides of the infantry.

Yang Yuanqing watched the movements of the enemy camp on the platform. The enemy camp was ten miles away, the weather was clear and the vision was particularly clear.

There were 20,000 troops in the Youzhou Army camp, but the number was 25,000. This is because each of the five thousand heavily armored cavalry was equipped with a groom, and there was a special horse to carry the armor of the cavalry.

As the Sui army went out to challenge the camp, the gate of the Youzhou military camp opened, Xue Wanche personally led 20,000 troops out in full swing. Ten thousand infantry, 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry were all elite troops of Youzhou. His army arranged the formation a mile and a little outside the camp. Five thousand heavy armored cavalry was located in front of the team. The soldiers had finished their armor. They stood beside the war horses and waited for orders, while the five thousand light cavalry were on the side of the heavy armored cavalry. Their task was to cover and cooperate with the heavy armored cavalry.

The 10,000 infantry was behind the cavalry, and after the heavily armored cavalry broke the enemy formation, they would cover up and kill. The three armies cooperated with each other for combat many times, repeatedly defeating Dou Jiande's army, and had rich experience.

The two armies were confronting each other one mile apart. When Xue Wanche saw that the Sui army had arranged its formations, with crossbow soldiers in front, bow soldiers in the middle, and snorkelings behind them, and cavalry guards on both sides, he couldn't help but sneer. This formation was useful for ordinary cavalry, but it had no meaning to heavy armored cavalry!

"Heavy cavalry boarded the horse!"

With Xue Wanche's order, the drums in the Youzhou army sounded, and the groom immediately stepped forward to assist the heavy-armored soldiers to get on the horse and connected the people and horses together.

Five thousand heavily armored cavalry raised their horse spears, and the spears were stabbed like a forest, with extremely powerful momentum. Even Yang Yuanqing, who was standing on the viewing tower to watch the battle, could not help but secretly admire it. It is worthy of being an armored cavalry built by the Sui Dynasty with all its strength. I don’t know how much effort the five thousand horse spears would take. If he could not get this heavy armored cavalry, it would be inconsistent.

With the heavy drum sound, the five thousand heavily armored cavalry shouted suddenly. They were in a row of 100 people, holding horse spears in their right hand and shield in their left hand. The horse hooves were galloping. The sound was huge, and they were blocked and killed the Sui army one mile away with an unstoppable force.

Wang Junguo was also nervous. He felt the power of this heavy armored iron cavalry. His 10,000 infantry was no match for him at all. "Boardman is ready!" He shouted loudly, staring at the approaching with sharp eyes.

"shoot!"

Two thousand crossbowmen were the first to launch, and they were still using the Seven-Stone Yellow Crossbow. In a group of two, a thousand crossbow arrows shot towards the heavy armored cavalry a hundred and fifty steps away like a storm. Only a tinging sound was heard. Only a dozen iron armored war horses were shot overturned to the ground, and the rest of the heavy armored cavalry were not injured.

The crossbow soldiers quickly worked together to skeletons. One soldier took the crossbow and one sold the arrow. This time he used two-four-inch armored iron arrows. The arrows were like elongated spindles, streamlined, made of good fine iron, and were extremely sharp and could shoot through any armor. As a clapper sounded, a thousand iron crossbow arrows shot towards the heavy armored cavalry a hundred steps away like a black cloud.

The heavy armored cavalry hands seemed to feel the power of this round of arrow formation. They raised their shields at the same time, and only a click sound was heard. The shields were pierced by iron arrows and shattered one after another. However, the shields also removed half of the powerful force of the iron arrows. One thousand iron arrows did not cause too much damage to people, but the war horses could not withstand the powerful penetration of the iron arrows. More than 70 war horses in the first row were shot through the horse armor by iron arrows, and they fell to the ground with a miserable anger. Many iron cavalry behind were tripped, and the heavy armored iron cavalry showed a slight chaos.

At this time, the five thousand Youzhou light cavalry guarded on both sides rushed out and rushed towards the Sui army's crossbow army. Xie Yingdeng shouted, and the cavalry on both wings of the Sui army suddenly came out, slashing swords and fighting spears, and the two cavalry teams fought in the same place.

The Youzhou Light Cavalry came out to cover the heavy armored cavalry to rectify the team. After a moment, with the sound of a horn, the Youzhou Light Cavalry quickly evacuated to both sides. The heavy armored iron cavalry rushed towards the Sui army's cavalry and infantry like a scattered sea.

‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell of withdrawal sounded in the Sui army camp. Ten thousand Sui army retreated like a tide. The Sui army covered the infantry retreating behind and launched an offensive from all directions. At this time, five thousand Youzhou cavalry were hiding again. The two sides fought in the wilderness. The Sui army cavalry was unable to stand against the joint strangulation of the opponent's light and heavy cavalry, and were killed and retreated step by step.

Seeing that the infantry had retreated, Xie Yingdeng yelled, "Retreat!"

Five thousand cavalry quickly evacuated the battlefield and protected the Sui army's infantry and fled to the camp. The Youzhou Light and Heavy Cavalry chased after the two miles. After chasing for three miles, they gradually stopped. The heavy-armored cavalry dismounted one after another. They led their war horses and returned to the camp under the escort of the five thousand Youzhou Light Cavalry.

Yang Yuanqing stood on the lookout tower, staring at the heavy armored cavalry with his eyes tightly, and his eyes gradually narrowed. He knew how to deal with the heavy armored cavalry.

At this moment, several scout cavalry rushed from the south. Yang Yuanqing looked at their hurried figures and felt a little bad. After a moment, a soldier ran up to the lookout tower and knelt down on one knee to report, "Report to the general manager, Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops entered Zhuo County from Hejian County, and had already crossed the Juma River and were coming towards Zhuo County, which was only fifty miles away."

This news surprised Yang Yuanqing. When did Dou Dejian form an alliance with Luo Yi again? He looked at Zhuo County in the distance and frowned. This unexpected information was beyond his plan. Yang Yuanqing felt helpless and had to order: "Transfer my order, the army will evacuate the west and return to Laishui County."

Due to the accidental attack of Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops, Yang Yuanqing had to give up attacking Zhuo County and lead the army to evacuate westward.

In the Youzhou Army camp, Xue Wanche had not yet received any information from Dou Jiande's army. He looked at the Sui army retreating west in confusion, his heart full of confusion.

"General, we may be able to chase and kill the enemy. If we can defeat the Sui army in one battle, I will make unprecedented achievements!" On the side, General Yuchi Bao suggested extremely excitedly.

Xue Wanche shook his head, and he glanced at Yuchi Bao, "Didn't you pay attention to the battle flag of the Sui Army camp? It turned out to be the golden-edged Red Eagle Flag."

The Golden Border Red Eagle Banner is the king's flag of the Sui Army. It will only appear when Yang Yuanqing is there. Yuchi Bao was stunned, "Yang Yuanqing is in the camp?"

Xue Wanche sighed, "It should be so. Since Yang Yuanqing is in the camp, he will not give us a chance to pursue him."

Xue Wanche raised the powerful crossbow iron arrow of the Sui army again and observed carefully that the iron arrow could actually penetrate the iron armor of the heavy armor of the cavalry, causing him to feel an uncontrollable anxiety.

At this time, a cavalry rushed over and reported: "Report to General Xue, 30,000 reinforcements have passed Liangxiang County and are coming quickly towards Zhuo County."

Xue Wanche suddenly let go of his heart. Did Yang Yuanqing retreat west because he obtained the information about the arrival of his reinforcements? But it was a bit wrong to think about it. It was 50,000 to 50,000 when his reinforcements arrived. Yang Yuanqing had no need to withdraw his troops, so he couldn't figure it out.

At this moment, another cavalry rushed over and reported urgently: "General Xue, Dou Jiande's army is about 100,000 coming to us, less than fifty miles."

Xue Wanche was shocked. No wonder the Sui army retreated, but he did not have this cooperation plan. Dou Jiande was not good at coming, so he could not think too much. Xue Wanche immediately ordered: "The army quickly enters the city!"

The Youzhou army quickly set off the camp and moved into Zhuo County. At this time, Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops had already reached forty miles south of Zhuo County, but unexpectedly stopped moving forward.
Chapter completed!