The night was already very deep, and dark clouds accumulated in the sky, pressing down heavily, completely covering the moon and stars. There was only a darkness in the sky. In the not too high mid-air, a fire suddenly flashed out, accompanied by a slight roar. Then, there was a second and third flame...

"Rocket! The enemy attacks! Bangbangbang..."

In the Song army camp led by Gao Qiu and Tong Guan, bursts of exclamations and harsh sounds of chuckling sounds suddenly rang out.

Just after a worried day, Taiwei Gao, who was about to have a good sleep in the warm and comfortable tent and recovered his strength, suddenly heard someone shouting outside. Then he saw one of his personal tents lifting the fur and ran in panic.

"Taiwei, Rocket! The brothers in front have launched the rocket..."

Of course, the small group of elite soldiers sent by Tong Guan are not comparable to those of the archers in Saimen Village. They are not only well-equipped and have strong combat power, but also carry rockets. Uh, they are just the kind of thing that tie a small gunpowder bag to an ordinary feather arrow, ignite it and fire it into the air, and then explode.

There is no use in front of the two armies, but it can be used to transmit signals at night.

The Rockets exploded in the air, which means there will be a bloody battle tonight!

"Get the Qing Tang Armor quickly!" Gao Qiu roared, and called two close-knit followers. He quickly put on the life-saving Qing Tang Armor and put on a scoop. Then, a group of followers who rushed to hear the news went down to the central army's tent. Tong Guan, Liu Zhongwu, Yang Kebi, and several other generals were all waiting there neatly. Seeing Gao Qiu coming in, all the generals except Tong Guan bowed respectfully and called the Grand Marshal.

"What's wrong? Where did the thief go?" Gao Qiu went to the battlefield several times, and saw more fighting, and his nerves became much thicker, so he seemed very calm.

"Eight miles away," Liu Zhongwu said, "to take the fight as soon as half an hour."

Bali is about four kilometers, and it takes less than half an hour to walk normally. However, the night battlefield marching is not normal, and it is necessary to form a formation and walk slowly. It is already a rapid pace to finish it in half an hour, and it is not slow to walk for an hour.

Therefore, several generals in the central army's tent seemed calm, but Gao Qiu could still feel the tense atmosphere.

Gao Qiu asked again: "Do you know how many thieves there are?"

Liu Zhongwu replied: "I don't know yet, but it shouldn't be too much."

Gao Qiu asked: "How can I see it?"

"Because only the sentry placed on both sides of the main road set off the rockets," Liu Zhongwu said, "How many soldiers can be placed on a main road? If you come too much, you can't display it. It's probably only a few thousand."

The terrain between Saimen Village and Ansai Fort is similar to that of Hengshan, and it is also a loess high slope with thousands of ravines, but the height is not as high as Hengshan.

The so-called main road is an official road built along the wider terrain on the east bank of Yanshui. The place where Yanshui flows through is actually a gully, but after countless thousands of years of water flow, it becomes relatively wide. However, this is not the only channel. Among the thousands of gullies on both sides of Yanshui, there are many winding mountain roads that can connect north, south, east and west.

If the Western thieves sent a large army, they should at least be divided into several routes and advance in parallel. Now there is only one route to call the police, which means that the enemy is only one route.

Knowing that there were not many enemies, Gao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Tong Guan.

Tong Guan was also used to giving advice for Gao Qiu and said, "If you only go all the way, you will be a sneak attack or a test. No matter what, in short, if you have real heads, you will cut them first."

This is really a big tone!

"Yes!" Gao Qiu nodded guiltily. He had no soldiers in his hands, but he still knew the reason why there must be a brave man under heavy rewards. "I have a general order, and the reward will be doubled in the battle tonight!"

Really generous!

However, everyone frowned. The elites of the Song army were all on credit, and they had to work hard when they saw cash... unless they were to die, and they would die if they didn't fight.

In short, in most cases, the amount of copper coins and silk carried when sending troops to fight is linked to the combat effectiveness of the troops. If you spend all the money, you can only withdraw your troops in a hurry.

However, it is impossible for the troops to carry unlimited copper coins and silk when marching, and the Fuyan Fu Department will not give it too much... As a general of the Song army, you have to make careful calculations when fighting!

Seeing that the scene was a little cold, Gao Qiu was still wondering if he had less money? He now has money. He is a shareholder of the Republic Xinghe Jiehe Market. He also accepted a lot of bribes when he was an official in Kaifeng Prefecture. His value was already several million yuan. So he had a big vision. He really didn't think it would be great if he could lose tens of thousands of yuan in a war.

As long as I can win this battle tonight, my military career in the northwest will be perfect. Maybe when I go back, I will be in charge of the army...

"Okay, okay, just give me a double reward." Tong Guan knew Gao Qiu's psychology and agreed. He was a military supervisor. Once he agreed, others would have nothing to say.

Tong Guan paused and said, "It's dark now, and most of the bandits want to attack in the dark. It's better to use the trick and set up an ambush in the camp and catch them off guard."

"Okay! Just follow the army supervisor." Gao Qiu was an unintentional general, and he obeyed Tong Guan.

It was when Tong Guan set up an ambush in his own camp, Xiao Heda was leading 3,000 Hengshan Bubazi on the ice of Yanhe River.

These Bubazi abandoned their spears today and all carried swords, shields, bows and arrows. There was no formation, but they were just surging rapidly on the ice.

The reason why I didn't carry a spear is that I was fighting at night, and the ones at night were not when the cavalry rushed forward. In addition, Hengshan Bubazi was a little stronger than the infantry of the Song army, and that I could play bows, arrows, swords, shields and spears at the same time. Like the warriors under Wu Haogu, their "three battles" were not very easy, so I just made do.

Bu Bazi’s real ability is to be able to march. These are the farmers in the mountains of northern Shaanxi. They have been drilling around in the thousands of gullies since childhood and have developed very strong foot strength.

In addition, due to their harsh living conditions, they are more tolerant of bitter cold.

In contrast, ordinary Song army infantry were only proficient in one battle, either swords and shields, spears, or bows and crossbows.

Moreover, the Song army attached great importance to long-range shooting and ignored close fighting. Infantry (the ordinary Song army adopted the "flower team organization" at this time, that is, mixing knife hands, gunmen, and crossbowmen in one city or team). Usually, there were only eight knife hands (knife and shield), eleven gunmen, and the rest were crossbowmen. Under such a structure, the formation battle was very powerful. Ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and it was easy to shoot the opponent into a hedgehog. However, it was a disadvantage in melee combat. After all, only twenty people (plus officers) could fight hand-to-hand combat.

Xiao Heda was very clear about this problem of the Song army's infantry, so he would try his best to fight with his opponents in the night attack tonight. If he could use 3,000 Hengshan soldiers to disrupt the opponent's camp.

Then he would send a signal to Cha Ge in the rear, and the 40,000 Dangxiang army would pounce on him and destroy the army commanded by Gao Qiu in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is just a lucky arrangement... How could a famous general like Gao Qiu be so easy to deal with?

So Xiao Heda's 3,000 Hengshan soldiers were actually here to give away their heads.

This is called a pride of soldiers!

...

"Tongjun, Song Gou is in chaos!"

Without any need to remind her, Xiao Heda, who was riding a horse, saw a torch swimming constantly behind the fence of the Song army camp in front.

This should be the whole team of Song troops in chaos!

But they shot the rockets an hour ago and called the police. Why haven't the team been completed for such a long time?

Xiao Heda is not a fool, he already knows that something is wrong. But he was originally sent tonight, so he made a mistake.

"The warriors of the Hengshan Fan tribe!" Xiao Heda roared, "Song Gou is already in chaos, and now is the time to defeat them!

Blow the trumpet, attack!"

The leaders of the Hengshan Fan tribe who brought the warriors from the tribe to take the lead in Xixia also saw it.

Although these people are now known as Bubazi, they are no longer regular troops of Xixia. After all, most of the control of Hengshan has fallen into the hands of the Song army. These foreign leaders and warriors are all the people of the official Zhao Ji, so it is naturally impossible for them to receive training from Xixia...

Now that we see the opportunity, these foreign warriors don’t talk about discipline or formation, just rush forward.

Anyway, today is a night battle, and it’s too late, so why are you still trying to make a formation?

The warriors who rushed in the front had already rushed to the front of the fence and began to chop with a knife. The wood used in the fence looked very thin, and it was not a good wood. It was quickly cut or pushed down a lot.

During this process, the few Song army crossbowmen also released several rounds of arrowheads, and they didn't know how many Hengshan Qiang had been knocked down. However, these people were in aroused, and this loss could not scare them at all.

Many broken holes appeared in the fence of the Song army soon, and the Hengshan Qiangs rushed in shouting. However, the Song army crossbowmen who fired arrows were all beautiful. Then what appeared in front of these Hengshan Qiangs was an open area full of carts, and each cart was "piled" with silk of various colors!

A group of young robbers from the Hengshan Fan tribe were immediately excited. They followed the Western thieves south to grab a handful. Now they saw so much wealth and had long forgotten the war. Now everyone is rushing to the cart of "silk"...

At this moment, a rocket flew out from somewhere and exploded in the air. Then there was a dense sound of bowstrings, and countless clusters of arrows with fire, like meteors, appeared in the dark night sky!
Chapter completed!