I didn't do anything and woke up with a meal in the tent, and I took care of my own food.

Yu Zhong came in with his helmet in his arms and hurriedly said, "Junhou, Yu Ban and Niu Jin led five thousand foot cavalry into three teams to storm the North 1st Battalion, the Central North Battalion, and the Middle Battalion. In addition, Cao Xiu's general Chang Diao led 5,000 people, made a detour of more than 30 miles, and also divided three teams to invade the third battalion. General Sun Lang sent an envoy to report that 2,000 people could be allocated at any time to help the third battalion in the battle. ”

Tian Xin took a big bite of a fine roasted dried meat and asked, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"About three hours, more than seven quarters of this hour, the last three quarters of sunset, five quarters of darkness. It was still dark and there were still hours and six quarters. ”

Yu Zhong said and put on his helmet: "Junhou, do you want to attack?" ”

Hearing the sound of talking in the camp, Yan Zhong, Tian Ji, and Wang Zhi, who were waiting outside, rushed in, all wearing armor and carrying helmets.

One hour and six quarters, that's three and a half hours.

Tian Xin took another bite of barbecue meat and looked at Yan Zhong: "How are the battalions?" ”

"Full of spirit, the officials are eager to fight, just wait for the lord to give orders!"

"Nail for me."

Tian Xin got up as he spoke, and immediately Tian Ji and Wang Zhi took out the seven-layer coarse silk stitched armor, like a sleeveless vest that was lengthened to the knee and waist, followed by a collar of crimson fine linen, followed by an iron basin collar armor, tied the belt and hung the bell brocade belt, and fixed the copper sword box behind the waist, two pairs of meteor hammers, and finally Tian Xin's new half-body placket silk armor.

The silk armor is in the shape of rattan woven armor, covered with a layer of coarse silk, brushed with a layer of lacquer, and then glued with a layer of coarse silk, and then a layer of bright Shu brocade is sewn on the surface after repeated seven layers.

The texture of the silk armor is tough, but unfortunately the painting work is too tight, and the performance is not up to the level it should be.

Seven catties of silk armor made of placket horses, ninety-five catties of iron armor, five catties of fine linen robe and armor, four layers, airtight.

In addition, a forty-two-pound zhang Bafang Heavenly Halberd, and because it was necessary to ride and fight, it was necessary to additionally strengthen the shin armor, and the shin armor was hung with steel plates for foot guards.

In this way, Tian Xin's combat weight was more than 190 kilograms, equivalent to 50 kilograms.

The fifty kilogram combat weight is the peak combat weight of the elite border army hoplites in the late Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Army's heavy steps are this burden, and the Eight Banners Army is the same, fighting for whose armor-breaking ability is strong.

Tian Xin, who weighed nearly seventy kilograms, said that he was not tired, and he was used to such a load, but he still had a problem with heat dissipation, and this problem could be solved by riding Mondo.

As if mutated, about to 700 kilograms of Mondo, Tian Xin, who carried the battle load, 120 kilograms, plus Mondo's own iron-inlaid armor and saddle, Mondo's total weight was 150 kilograms.

After being fully armed, Tian Xin walked out of the camp tent and saw that the front of the tent was sitting scattered on the ground, and there were officers standing in front of the barracks, and more Huya sergeants did not have orders and remained in the barracks.

The arrow towers and barracks in the camp were guarded by 3,000 lightly armed crossbowmen brought by Xu Zuo, and the armored soldiers of the Huya rear battalion were responsible for hand-to-hand combat.

Taking a deep breath, you can already smell the smell of blood seeping from the south, and the unique smell of burning horse manure from the northeast.

Tian Xin first climbed the control tower to observe the overall situation, and saw that several attacks and defenses had taken place in the southern corridor, and even a tragic hand-to-hand battle broke out.

In particular, the Zhongbei camp, which was fifteen miles away, was attacked by Niu Jin and Chang Diao on both sides, most of the loess layer of the plate was shattered, scattered corpses hung on the exposed wooden low wall, and several passages cut by knives and axes had been recaptured by the defenders.

Turning his head to look at the direction of Cao Xiu in the northeast, where a complex phalanx was slowly approaching, there were twelve small phalanxes, and there were about 8,000 people in the banner.

Looking at the north again, Xiahou is still holding his troops and holding on, and the army is still stationed on the riverbank; As for the northwest direction, there is no change in the banners of Ma Chao and Guan Ping in Yexian County, and there is no signal flag to urge and seek war.

Looking back at the south, should I go to eat Niu Jin and Yu Ban in the west, or should I go to fight the possible Wei army guerrillas in the east as planned?

Niu Jin and Yu Ban have thousands of war horses that make people angry, but these horses have legs, if you take someone to Niu Jin to fight, unless you can block the other party back and forth, it will be difficult to capture the opponent's knights and war horses.

Pressing this idea, Tian Xin said to the flag officer next to him: "Erect red and white flags." ”

"Order."

Tian Xin quickly slid down the conning tower and said to Pang Lin, who was coming up: "Meng Da has fallen into a bitter battle, send someone to motivate. And told Shen Tan to pay attention to rescuing Meng Da, and I will send troops to break the army of Chang Diao. ”

Pang Lin stretched out his hand and grabbed Tian Xin's arm, who was about to turn around, and whispered: "I see that the Wei army has the tendency to move in the nest, don't hold it up first." If you can't quickly break through the regular eagle, you might as well invite General Meng Qi to join the army, and the Wei army will retreat. ”

"Brother Shiheng, this battle is not just a battle of General Meng Qi's will, it is a necessary battle."

Tian Xin raised his hand and hung the iron mask on his helmet as he spoke: "If you don't break the Wei army for a while, Nanyang won't be able to recuperate with peace of mind." Only by breaking the Wei army again and returning triumphantly, the people of Nanyang can produce with peace of mind, and the Wei army does not dare to attack lightly. ”

Pang Lin was silent, the battle had come to this point, it was meaningless to say why the battle was for, and the most important thing was to win and repel the Wei army.

After Tian Xin finished speaking, he strode towards Meng Duo brought by Yan Zhong, seeing that this guy was also full of energy and excited, Tian Xin just smiled and stepped on the unilateral stirrup to get on the horse.

Before obtaining the Longyou horse breeding land, it is better to die than to promote bilateral stirrups, otherwise the northern border will be completely finished.

Bilateral stirrups are of great significance to nomadic tribes, and the destructive power of bilateral stirrups is too great, beyond one's imagination.

The only 200 knights in the Huya army got on their horses, Tian Xin took the Zhang Bafang Heavenly Halberd handed by Yu Zhong, and said to Xie Jing, who came in stride: "Xie Sima led the front, center, left, and right four battalions to the north, and after I broke through Chang Diao, I will attack Xiahou Shang's department together." ”

Xie Jing was worried: "The prince and the marquis attacked the 5,000 people of Changdiao with 200 horsemen, and I am afraid that they will have a response." ”

"No matter how much he has to deal with it, he is tired, and he can fight me, and he will never be entangled with him."

Tian Xin said that he kicked the horse's belly lightly, galloped out towards the east gate of the hole, more than 200 horsemen rushed out, followed her and galloped lightly, and the whole team was on the march, one team was Tian Xin's personal soldiers, and the other team was the cavalry in the Huya army.

Ye County, with Tian Xin sent out the red and white two flags of the counterattack signal, the Long Xiang army, which had already completed the preparations, was the first to pour out of the east gate, followed by the infantry of the Yamen army, all the infantry troops were led by Guan Ping, divided into two teams before and after to Xiahou Shang, Ma Dai led a thousand horses to cross the river and wander on the north bank, Zhang Bao also led a thousand horses, but rushed straight to Tian Xin's camp, intending to block the return of Niu Jin and others.

Ma Chao led a thousand horsemen to follow the infantry army, and before leaving, a fire ignited the wheat straw and more than 20,000 stone wheat in the city.

Fireworks rose into the sky, and Xiahou Shang stood on the chariot and stared at the Long Xiang army that was pressing from the west and taking the lead.

As for the knights of Zhang Bao's subordinates who led the pioneers to gallop by, Xiahou Shang chose to ignore them.

Niu Jin and Yu Ban have already put out these forces, and no matter how much they care, it is useless, they can only see their own performance.

And Yexian County was on fire, and more than 10,000 people under Zhao Yan's department, who were standing in the south of Kunyang City, began to move closer to Xiahou Shang; Cao Xiu also divided an army and moved closer to Xiahou Shang in the west.

Cao Xiu looked up at the clear and cloudless sky, as long as it didn't rain tonight, the Han army and the Wei army would definitely shed enough blood.

This is unavoidable, and it is necessary to crack down on the arrogance of the Han army, otherwise the hearts of the people in the country will fluctuate, and even more tragic disasters will be brewed.

This is also related to the Han army's Nanyang tuning plan, and also related to the family hatred of Ma Chao and Tian Xin, and the battle is inevitable for the Han army.

If the Wei army did not take the initiative to attack and did not narrow the scope of the battlefield, after the wheat was harvested, Tian Xin and Ma Chao would definitely go deep into the Central Plains alone, and then cause more large-scale destruction.

The smaller the scope of the battlefield, the greater the military superiority of the Wei army.

After thinking about it, the scout ran to Cao Xiurong's car and screamed: "General! Tian Xin, the enemy Huya general, went out of the east of his camp and led hundreds of knights to the south to attack General Chang's headquarters. ”

Zhou Xiao immediately said: "Tian Xiaoxian is no less fierce than Lu Bu, and I implore all the knights to cover up and kill him, and I may be able to fight and capture this person with General Chang." ”

Cao Xiu saw that the generals and military officials on the left and right were moving, and he raised the pheasant feather tail in his hand and waved it in the direction of due south: "Capture and kill the ancestor of Tian Xiao, and reward a thousand gold!" ”