At first glance, when they heard that the thieves were attacking ten miles away, Gao Jie and the three were not surprised, since they had previously encountered their exploration horses to show that their whereabouts had been revealed, but all the thieves in the city would take advantage of the location to fight with the officers and soldiers outside the city, and the only surprise was that it was not an ambush but an open attack.

Is it just that the thieves are so arrogant now? The three of them felt a little incredible, even in previous years, when they were in the Qianshan area of Huoshan and Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, they mostly hid in the mountains to fight guerrillas, why were they so awesome and coaxing the front.

I don't know if it was Zuo Liangyu who gave them the courage, or if this time was so smooth that it drifted a little, and thousands of people dared to fight nearly 10,000 cavalry coalition troops?

However, the thief general was obviously very clever and chose this narrow river embankment as the battlefield, and the cavalry advantage of the officers and soldiers was almost insignificant!

But even this is too big: "Lao Tzu's cavalry is all turned into foot soldiers, which is several times more than yours, is it difficult to treat Lao Tzu as Zuo Liangyu's old boy!" Gao Jie scolded, and Liu Zeqing frowned: "I'm only afraid that the thief still has a backhand."

"The latter bird egg hand, everything is water, and there is nowhere to hide soldiers" Gao Jie disagreed: "This road has been explored at night, it is narrow in the north and wide in the south, about 20 miles long, although there are weeds and jungles on both sides, they are not suitable for ambushes, and the thief army will not fly to the back of our buttocks and block it."

"It's better to be careful," Liu Zeqing was not familiar with the terrain or the tactics of the thief army when he first arrived, and when he heard Gao Jie say this, Liu Liangzuo also nodded frequently, so it was not good to say anything more, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

As he spoke, there was an urgent report from the front: the thief army had reached more than 2,000 troops five miles away, and the terrain ahead was relatively wide, and there were more than 300 meters wide between the two waters, and it was feasible to throw away the river beach and the lake beach, Gao Jie and the three decisively decided to meet the battle at the same time, and sent 300 cavalry to rush straight in the middle, and the two wings were advanced with foot soldiers, and only 2,000 soldiers and horses were not worried!

"Huama Liu, I'll leave it to you later!" Liu Zeqing wanted to go to the front with Gao Jie to supervise the battle, and did not forget to tell Liu Liangzuo to guard the back road, in case the thief army still had any tricks in the back, he could calmly retreat.

"And don't worry, if it's the first...... "Liu Liangzuo slapped his mouth, and he didn't talk nonsense, and urgently ordered his subordinates to lead three hundred horsemen to patrol the back road, for fear that a thief army would block the back road from somewhere, and it would be very bad, and there would be nowhere to escape from a river and a lake on both sides."

After Liu Liangzuo had just arranged, the sound of killing in front had risen, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing had led their troops to fight with the thief army, the cavalry on both sides took the middle and rushed hard, and the foot soldiers on both wings covered the killing, and in the blink of an eye, the river beach was full of rocks, and the grass by the lake was full of fighting figures, and the killing sound really went straight to the sky, and the frightened birds returned to the forest and flew around.

"This thief is very hard," Gao Jie, who was supervising the battle in front, frowned, because of the narrow terrain, he only invested more than 2,000 troops, which was equivalent to the thief army, but he didn't want to kill it!

"It seems that Bai Wangbu's good fighting is not groundless" Liu Zeqing's face was solemn, and he looked at the fierce battle between the two armies in the distance: "No wonder he dared to invite a battle head-on instead of ambushing soldiers and other tricks, it turned out that he had this strength"

"Phew, if it weren't for the fatigue of our non-stop roaders, just this little person, hehe, it's really not enough to see" Gao Jie took a sip, and then scolded again: "This thief is not enough to be yin, he chose this location to start the war, although there are many of us, we can't throw in, so we can only fight hard like this...... If I had changed to a spacious place, I would have fucking swallowed him......"

Gao Jie is right, this is Cheng Niandong's cleverness, this river embankment is long and narrow, no matter how many officers and soldiers there are, it is useless, and there are more than 2,000 people at most who bear the brunt, and those who want to go up unless the front ones are dead, or they are replaced one by one.

"Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, he will be killed by a transfer, this dog's thief will be smart but will be mistaken by cleverness" Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing also saw the flaw, and their faces improved slightly, although the officers and soldiers in front of them were already in danger and some could not stand it.

"Xue Luo, take five hundred brothers to kill" Gao Jie saw that the front was unstable and immediately transferred troops to make up for it, Liu Zeqing was unwilling to transfer hundreds of people to replace him, and said in his heart If the thief army is like this, even if he has the upper hand for a while, there are still thousands of troops behind him, and he can slowly consume them to death!

Is that really the case?

Cheng Niandong looked at the battle situation in front of him with a relaxed face, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, this is the reinforcement of the officers and soldiers from the north, known as the tiger and wolf army that defeated the hundreds of thousands and 100,000 Tartars of King Chuang?

But it looks very ordinary, the same force is still faintly invincible to himself after fighting for half a while, not to mention that nearly half of his two thousand righteous troops are cannon fodder!

Maybe they're only good at horse fighting, and they say that they have picked up a leak by themselves? And because of the fatigue of the long-distance journey, or is it just that the bears are just exaggerated?

But no matter what, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers in front of him made him a little disappointed, but it was okay this way, and it was easier for him to win.

That's right, even if it is 2,000 against nearly 10,000, Cheng Niandong is confident that he will win this game.

It's not blind confidence, but because, he really has a backhand!

Bai Wang left behind 3,000 soldiers and horses before leaving, this is definitely the most elite men and horses under his command, and its strength can be seen from the fierce battle in front of him.

Such a strong combat effectiveness in addition to its own strength, is a good mobilization before the war, Cheng Niandong knows too well what soldiers and those cannon fodder need, so before the start of the fight, he promised that the gold and silver obtained from killing the enemy or the war horse are all private, and the first enemy will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!

It's a short sentence, but it's enough!

So the thief army under his command was like crazy, just in time for the officers and soldiers to brave the rain for several days to attack the soldiers and fatigue, one after another, picking up a leak, so that the officers and soldiers were invincible, but because of the narrow terrain, the large forces could not pass, so they could only fight in front and replace in the rear.

But after a long time like this, the thief army is still unbearable! Gao Jie and the three of them have nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, so they can grind their 2,000 troops hard!

Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's faces were gradually overjoyed, and after the second wave of more than 1,000 troops was invested, the thief army was obviously a little overwhelmed.

"Lao Tzu just said......" Gao Jie laughed, and before the voice fell, there was a shout behind him, and several horsemen rushed to come: thousands of thieves outflanked from behind!

How can it be! Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were shocked, they had carefully reconnoitred the horses before setting off from Sturgeon Town, and there were no traces of the army crossing on this road, after all, if the army passed through it in the rain for days, it would leave traces!

How did the thief ambush get behind him?

The road to the west!

Almost at the same time, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing reflected, the thief army had already detected the movement of the officers and soldiers, and also concluded that the officers and soldiers would not take the mountain road to the west, so the soldiers came to block it in two ways, one blocked it in the middle of the narrow river embankment, and the other went around from the west road to the back to block it, there are wolves in front and tigers in the east, and the west is the lake in the west, and look where you can escape.

"Where's Huama Liu?" Gao Jie yelled at the herald.

"General Liu has led the rear army to fight, let the little one come to inform the two generals to withdraw quickly......"

"out, how many thieves are there?" Gao Jie interrupted him, and the herald hurriedly said: "I don't know the specifics, but it is said that there are thousands of people......

"Damn, one thousand and nine thousand are thousands, you fucking go and probe Lao Tzu carefully" Gao Jie scolded, and Liu Zeqing next to him quickly grabbed him and said: "Don't be dry, calm down......" Although he was already sweating profusely at this time, he was blocked in such a place, and he didn't panic.

"Calm down" Gao Jie couldn't help but take a sip, raised his eyes and looked ahead, the two armies were fighting, but the thief army, which had just appeared weak, suddenly became fierce again, and the officers and soldiers retreated again and again...... Needless to say, naturally it was influenced by the rear.

Fuck, Gao Jie stomped his feet: "Lao Liu, you stare here, I'll go and take a look!" ”

"What's the use of just looking at it, you have to find a way to break through" Liu Zeqing grabbed him: "You have to say something about it forward or like the future!" ”

Gao Jie gritted his teeth: "Where is it!" You fight and retreat, as long as the battle is not chaotic, you will not be defeated! Liu Zeqing nodded in agreement, it stands to reason that the ambush in the rear is unknown, and if the front is more vigorous, it may rush over, why not rush forward but retreat.

In fact, both of them understand in their hearts that the real situation ahead is unknown, even if you rush through the obstruction of the two thousand thieves in front of you, how do you know that there is no second, third or even fourth line of defense waiting for you in front of you, not to mention that this place is still forty or fifty miles away from Anqing City, there are too many unknown dangers, and you can't go deep alone!

What's more, you may not be able to rush over, after all, due to the terrain restrictions, you can't invest too many troops, and you can still substitute troops when you are equal, if you are defeated by the thief army in one fell swoop, you won't even have time to invest in the replacement, you will be swept away by the rout army like a flood.

Although the thief army is fierce, Gao Jie believes that even if Liu Zeqing's men and horses can't rush over, they are enough to protect themselves, so that the thief army will not be easily defeated, even if Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses are not known for being tough and good at fighting, but they must grit their teeth at this moment, otherwise everyone will have to finish playing!

Liu Zeqing also knew this very well, as soon as Gao Jie walked on the front foot, he immediately took command and dispatched troops to deal with the fierce battle ahead.