The five thousand cavalry led by Song Youde were as strong as rainbows and as thunder. In just a blink of an eye, they could see the messy figures ahead, densely packed figures in the darkness and were quickly retreating northward.

Song Youde's eyes shone in his eyes. Of course he knew that the team ahead was naturally the Xiguan army withdrawn from Qingtang City.

Seeing the enemy's figure, the five thousand cavalry were even more motivated, as if they had seen fleeing sheep. At this moment, of course, they felt that they were tigers that devoured the sheep.

The cavalry had already expanded its formation. With such a violent raid, Song Youde believed that perhaps just an assault could completely disperse the Xiguan Army. His hand holding the knife was very tightly grasped. Thinking of the feeling of the sabre slashing the enemy's neck, he was already excited.

The rumbling cavalry and horse teams are getting closer and closer to the enemy ahead.

Suddenly, the horse neighed with a sad voice. Song Youde only felt his body sinking down. Before he could react, he had already flew out of the horse. When he flew out, he had already seen the Beishan cavalry following him sprinting, and it seemed like he had seen a ghost. Countless horses and horses stumbled, and countless cavalry flew out of the horse.

The moment Song Youde landed, he was already shocked. He really didn't know why such a change occurred. When he landed heavily and looked up, he found that his horse was actually stepping on a trench. There was a layer of mud on the trench. At first glance, it couldn't be seen, but the war horse stepped on it and immediately fell into a trap. He would naturally fall into a dog pit.

Song Youde soon knew that his luck was good. After many cavalry flew out, their bodies were still sinking when they landed, but they fell into the trap. The trap was covered with sharp bamboos, which fell on it, and the sharp bamboo penetrated the body, which was extremely miserable and had no reason to live.

The Beishan cavalry was sprinting in full swing, and there was no warning that there would be traps here. The cavalry in front fell into the trenches. The cavalry behind remained unabated and collided with the fallen companions. For a moment, people were overturned, horses neighed, and people screamed. Some cavalry looked very lucky. They rushed past their companions and seemed to escape the trenches of the traps, but rushed forward only about ten steps away. Countless cavalrymen were overturned. Five thousand cavalry were majestic and morale was like rainbows, but several trenches suddenly appeared. The rushing cavalry legion was terrible for a moment. In a blink of an eye, hundreds of people had fallen into the trap and were stabbed to death by Jianzhu.

Countless companions were tilted up the horses in front of them. The cavalry who had no time to snatch the horse could only follow in the footsteps of their companions. Those who strangled the horses were in great terror and did not dare to rush forward for a while. The formation of the cavalry was in chaos at this time. These five thousand cavalry were originally the magic weapon to win this battle, just like the tip of the spear and the arrow of the arrow. However, the tip of the spear was broken and the arrow was damaged. Many cavalry looked at the horses falling into the trench in front and were struggling, as if they wanted to climb up from the trench. The cavalry that fell into the trap were pierced by sharp bamboos for some time, and they howled out loud. Countless wails pierced the sky, making the silent night become shrill and terrifying. These sounds reached the ears of the companions behind them, and many people were already pale.

Several unexpected trenches easily killed hundreds of Beishan people. The Beishan cavalry came in a fierce manner, but had to stop in front of the trenches and damaged hundreds of cavalry. Not to mention killing a Xiguan Army, even the face of a Xiguan Army had not been clearly seen.

The Xiguan Army, which was originally a lamb to be slaughtered, had quickly turned around and the back team turned into the front team.

They had already formed a battle formation, but did not kill immediately, but maintained their formation. In silence, there was a murderous aura.

Xuanyuan Shengcai held a sword in his hand, and the cavalry came forward. Seeing the Beishan cavalry struggling and wailing, the cavalry behind him did not dare to come forward, with a cold expression on his face.

Of course he knew why this scene appeared. In fact, this scene had been planned a long time ago. Before Chu Huan came to Qingtang and took away the King of Qi, he had already made careful arrangements for this battle.

Chu Huanming finally reached an agreement with Beishan, agreeing to withdraw troops from Liangzihe. When the Beishan army attacked Qingtang City, the Xiguan army would continue to withdraw troops and join forces to lure Zhu Lingyue out.

Chu Huan Jiuzheng suspected that Xiao Huanzhang had ulterior motives, but he still gave Xiao Huanzhang a chance.

If the Beishan Army arrives in Qingtang City and the Xiguan Army withdraws its troops, the Beishan Army does not pursue it, but stays in Qingtang, then Xiao Huanzhang may really be joining forces with Xiguan to deal with Tianshan.

However, as long as Xiao Huanzhang pursued the retreating Xiguan Army from behind, his sinister intentions will naturally be obvious.

There is no doubt that unless Xiao Huanzhang really wants to join the Xiguan alliance, it is impossible to miss such a great opportunity to defeat the main force in the Xiguan South Line.

Chu Huan even expected that if the Beishan Army was pursuing the Xiguan Army, it would inevitably use the ace cavalry in his hands to attack the Xiguan Army, causing the Xiguan Army to fall into chaos, and then the Beishan infantry would take advantage of the situation to kill.

No matter what Xiao Huanzhang is thinking, Xiguan must make the worst plan.

Once the Beishan Army really pursues from behind, the most threatening to the Xiguan Army is still these thousands of cavalry. The nearly 100-mile journey from Qingtang City to Jiazhou City is almost flat. With such a terrain, the power of the cavalry is of course amazing. If there is no way to deal with it, the threat of the Beishan Cavalry to the Xiguan Army will be fatal.

Chu Huan, Xuanyuan Shengcai and others studied for many days, and finally calculated that even if the Beishan Army pursued, it would not launch an attack immediately after the Xiguan Army withdrew from the city. Although the road from Qingtang to Jiazhou City was almost smooth, the best impact location was thirty miles north of Qingtang City, where there was no barrier here, which was most suitable for cavalry attacks.

Although it is predicted that the Beishan Army will launch an attack here, Xiguan cannot be sure whether Beishan is indeed the case, so it can only take a risk.

The Xiguan Army did not have effective weapons to deal with cavalry at hand. Sometimes the easiest way is the most effective way. Once the enemy pursues it, it will naturally rush forward. If trenches are dug at the impact site and traps are laid, it is very likely to have miraculous effects.

However, if you dig a trench too much and the enemy knows it, it will lose its effect. Moreover, Chu Huan is very clear that although the Beishan Army did not enter Xiguan in a large scale, near Qingtang City, there must be a spy from Beishan monitoring the movements of Qingtang City. When digging a trench north of Qingtang City, you must avoid the other party's eyes and ears.

Fortunately, this is not a difficult problem to solve.

It is naturally difficult to act rashly in Qingtang City, but if the troops leave the city, it is easy to be discovered by the other party. Fortunately, there are more than 1,000 garrisons in Jiazhou City. Xuanyuan Shengcai secretly mobilized 300 soldiers from Jiazhou City, disguised themselves and hid in a village that was only more than ten miles away from the excavation site. The village was not big. Xuanyuan Sheng moved all the people in the village to Jiazhou City in advance, and the three hundred soldiers were disguised as they lived in the village.

After Chu Huan left Qing Tang, these 300 soldiers would arrive here quietly every night with excavation tools. Taking advantage of the darkness and high winds, they would dig trenches here. The trenches were not connected from east to west, but were staggered. After all, if all the trenches were dug, the Xiguan Army would withdraw their troops, and some places would be vacant between the two trenches, and they would not be excavated, so that people could pass through. The soldiers who dug the trenches would naturally mark where they could pass.

Five trenches were dug in a row, and traps were set up, with soil spreading on them to cover them.

The Beishan Army launched an attack tonight. Some people fell into the trench, while some people could pass through the side. It was precisely because the trench was not connected, but was one after another. However, passing through the first path, it might not necessarily pass through the second path. The second path, the third path, the fourth path or even the fifth path was lying in front. The Beishan Army came with excitement and was full of murderous aura. Naturally, they didn't expect that this place had been prepared and just waited for them to rush over.

The Beishan cavalry were stunned. Song Youde fell from his horse and heard a wailing around him. He struggled to get up. Suddenly, he heard a "swoosh swish" sound. However, a group of archers on the opposite side had already emerged, bent his bow and arrows, and the arrows were like rain. The soldiers trapped in the trench trap had escaped the disaster of the trench, but they could not escape the bad luck of arrows. Song Youde waved his sword to resist, but the Xiguan army's arrows were like rain. The "puff puff" sounded several times in a row. In just a moment, Song Youde got into more than ten arrows, and several arrows shot into the vital points. He knelt down on his legs, looked at the ghostly shadow in front of him, lowered his head and died.

The most shocking thing at this time was Luo Dingxi.

The cavalry charged forward, and Luo Dingxi led the infantry from behind. Tens of thousands of infantry were ready. Just waited for the cavalry to rush over and disrupt the opponent's formation, and then rushed forward and worked with the cavalry to defeat the Xiguan army. However, the development of the matter was completely beyond his expectations. He saw that the cavalry in front of him were sprinting bravely, but in a moment, he heard a burst of shrill howls coming. The sad neigh of the horse and the soldiers' howls, and then knew something had happened. Then he saw that the cavalry formation was completely chaotic, and some of the cavalry even turned their horses and wanted to run back.

He rushed forward and rushed through the cavalry formation. He saw the scene that shocked him. Four or five hundred cavalrymen and their horses were trapped in the trench. Then, the Xiguan Army was filled with arrows like rain. The cavalry near the trench trap retreated one after another. However, the cavalry and war horses in the trap had almost no chance of survival in the rain of arrows, and completely turned into a massacre of cavalry by archers.

He looked at the opposite side and saw the Xiguan Army archers shooting arrows in front, and there were figures behind the archers. He knew in his heart that the Xiguan Army was organizing a formation. When the archers retreated, he was afraid that the infantry would come.

He clenched his fists. The situation in the Beishan Army, which was originally dominant, was already quite serious at this time.

It should be noted that the Beishan Army's individual combat experience is weaker than the Xiguan Army. Although the Beishan Army now has the advantage in military strength and the cavalry has not suffered a complete heavy blow, it is impossible to retreat at this time. If you turn around and retreat to Qingtang City at this time, the Xiguan Army will pursue you from behind, and the Beishan Army will face a complete defeat. At this moment, both sides can only carry out a real killing.

Although cavalry is an extremely powerful group of troops, if there is not enough space to sprint, it will not be able to play the characteristics of cavalry at all. Now the trenches are in front, and the Xiguan Army has not given cavalry sprint space at all. The power of cavalry has been reduced to a minimum.

At this moment, he was only thinking about the ambush on the left and right wings. If nothing unexpected happens, the ambush on the two wings should have reached the designated location. People here are overturned, screaming and voices are heard all over the four fields. The two wings must have sent people to pay attention to the movements on the side. Since the movement has been made, the two wings will naturally rush out from left to right. As long as the ambush on the two wings comes out, then the frontal attacks are organized, and under three attacks, they are still 70% sure to defeat the Xiguan Army.

However, there was no movement on both wings at this moment. Luo Ding dared not advance lightly and even more so he did not dare to retreat. It was really a dilemma.

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