After dawn, Cui Jun led the main force of the vanguard army to withdraw fifty miles away, and ordered a short rest in place, replenish dry food and fresh water, and restore the physical strength of the soldiers.

After a pause for half an hour, he continued to hurry, but soon the sound of horses' hooves was heard in front of him, and a Jianghuai army came from the direction of Quting Mountain.

This is the only way to take the west road from the north and return to Zhongli County, near Quting Mountain, there has long been a Jianghuai army stationed, but it is hidden in the mountains and forests, paying close attention to the movements of Xu Shiji's troops and horses in Dingyuan City in the west, this time, it has become an obstacle to intercept Cui Jun's retreat.

"Kill—"

The 20,000 horses of the Jianghuai army fought head-on with the vanguard army led by Cui Jun, and fought at close range.

At this time, the bravery of the Dahua regular army was reflected, the cavalry rushed to kill, the infantry was behind, the crossbowmen responded, and the morale was still strong.

Tens of thousands of people fought from the hour to the afternoon, killing the Jianghuai army that encountered it and breaking through.

However, Ximen Junyi chased after him with thousands of cavalry, and he had already clashed with Cheng Lie's broken soldiers and horses.

"Stop, you can't let these centaurs catch up with the main force in front!" Cheng Lie is upright, and stubbornly admits death, right and wrong do not melt into the sand, even if he is responsible for the break, he is meticulous, does not hide treachery, and really wants to fight to the death with the pursuers behind.

"Array!"

Whoa—

The armor was strong, the cold light flickered, the spears and knives were pointing forward, and the archers were full of bows.

Woohoo!

The bows and arrows of both sides were the first to attack, and the oncoming cavalry was attacked by arrows, and the arrows fell to the ground and rolled into a ball.

When Ximen Junyi rushed forward with the cavalry, Cheng Lie also rode his horse and rushed forward, holding a spear in his left hand, and when he came to the front of the cavalry, he waved his spear and stabbed at Ximen Junyi.

This Ximen Junyi is also a fierce general, holding a long knife, and fighting with Cheng Lie on horseback.

The rest of the generals and captains each found opponents, and the soldiers met each other, while the soldiers were in a scuffle, and there were sounds of fighting everywhere.

"Kill! Kill—"

At the moment of hand-to-hand combat, long-range attack weapons such as bows and arrows and throwing spears have lost their effectiveness, and all people can only pick up swords, guns, swords and halberds, and fight hand-to-hand with local soldiers, with heads rolling to the ground and severed limbs flying. The terrifying screams, the thrilling hoofs, were extremely intense.

After dozens of battles, Cheng Lie was defeated by Ximen Junyi, was cut off his horse with a knife, and died in the chaos.

Lost the command of the generals, although the Dahua soldiers were brave and killed many enemy troops, but in the end they were still defeated, mainly the infantry in the rear had appeared in the distance, running quickly, flying flags, so that the broken soldiers had no intention of fighting again, and the rest of the people all fled.

On the other hand, Wang Xiongdan also took a small number of cavalry, took a shortcut from the side, and caught up with Cui Jun's men and horses, and the two sides fought in the area of Quting Mountain, plus there were 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, and rushed out of the mountainside woods on the north side of the foothills, and also joined the ranks of encircling and suppressing Cui Jun.

"I hurt the soldiers!" Cui Jun wanted to cry without tears, at this time there was a strong sense of remorse, 40,000 elite soldiers, most of them were lost in Jiangdu County, although there were more than 10,000 people around, but they were blocked by two people, and it was difficult to break through, and I didn't know how many soldiers and horses the enemy had, the greater the fear in my heart.

The retreating soldiers, the morale is weakened, once they encounter an ambush, the overall strength will drop a lot, because they don't know anything about the ambush and the intercepted soldiers and horses, their hearts are full of fear, and they only want to flee for their lives, resulting in insufficient fighting spirit, whether it is personal combat strength or overall strength, they are far less invincible than in good times.

After an hour of fighting, there were many casualties, and there were corpses on the ground, and the smell of blood was strong.

Cui Jun was also calmly shot in the shoulder, and was hit by a spear in the abdomen, crumbling, covered in blood, and there was no hope of survival.

He regretted it very much at the moment, not only did he die here, but the thirty or forty thousand elite vanguard troops of the imperial court were buried by him like this.

"Break out, go back or go back!" Cui Jun yelled, hoping to bring more people back and not all die here.

At this moment, in the southwest of the foot of Quting Mountain, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and Wang Jun was stunned and brought troops to help.

"Kill it!"

Wang Jun was stunned with a spear in his hand, and led the cavalry to rush to kill, his morale was booming, and he was in better condition than those soldiers who had been fighting for a long time, in terms of physical strength, mentality, and fighting spirit, but he had the upper hand.

Thousands of horses galloping, rolling in, wolf smoke everywhere, majestic sound!

Wang Xiongdan didn't know how many soldiers and horses came to help, his face changed slightly, and he stubbornly organized a large army to meet the enemy.

In this way, from encircling and suppressing Cui Jun's men and horses, to being attacked by the Dahua army before and after, from active to passive.

"There is salvation!"

"Reinforcements are coming."

When Cui Jun and the others saw that the reinforcements were coming, their desire to survive soared, and their morale was ignited all of a sudden, and they desperately broke through and wanted to join the reinforcements.

In this way, the Jianghuai army that participated in the encirclement and suppression was quickly chiseled through, and the momentum of the encirclement was broken.

"Withdraw!" Wang Xiongdan knows some ways to use troops, and at present, he can't see how many Dahua reinforcements there are, but he only sees that there is still a steady stream of dust and smoke rising into the sky, and it seems that there are no less than 20,000 or 30,000 people, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he ordered the withdrawal of the army.

The Dahua army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and after annihilating thousands of infantry, it stopped continuing to advance, plus the scout returned, and found that the soldiers and horses of Ximen Junyi were coming ten miles away.

Wang Jun was stunned and accepted it, and did not lead the troops to pursue again, because he knew in his heart that this time he only brought 10,000 horses to meet him, and the dust and smoke in the rear were just a trick, and he sent people to sweep the soil back and forth, bluffing, and scaring the Jianghuai army.

Returning to the foot of Quting Mountain, the disabled people and horses have been rectified, Wang Jun was stunned to see the seriously injured Cui Jun, and immediately became angry, if he wasn't greedy for merit and didn't listen to the general's orders, how could he be so defeated?

"I'm Cui Jun...... I'm sorry...... The soldiers of the vanguard army are also ashamed...... General Xu, even more negative...... Holy grace! Now my life is short, although I ...... It's not a pity to die, but it's okay...... Do a negative lesson, let the three armies take me as a warning, and don't repeat the mistakes of the past......" Cui Jun was seriously injured, and with remorse, he had no intention of surviving again, but he quickly choked his breath.

"Straight thief!" Wang Jun was stunned and scolded, and there were some tears in his eyes, after all, they had been fighting together for more than half a year, and they had known each other when they were in Jinyang, and they had drunk a few times in private.

"Withdraw!" Wang Jun ordered a retreat, stopped staying here, pulled some wounded, didn't care about disposing of the bodies of the dead, and hurriedly retreated to Zhongli County.