Yang Yan said: "Zhang Shiyan, you immediately lead the people of the headquarters to attack Gao Jianxun and Ruan Chief, when you arrive, they should have just set up camp, you immediately attack them, Liu Fuwu and I will go around their backs to attack, two ways to attack, can break the enemy." Liu Ren first led 3,000 men and horses to respond, and closely watched the movements of Yang Hui and Li Gui, after Gao Jianxun and Ruan Chieftain encountered an attack on the near side, they would either come to help or retreat, no matter what the situation, they should report to me quickly. The 3,000 men and horses brought by Fan Chang to guard the Aning Department must not be mistaken. ”

The generals said in unison: "The last general respects the order." ”

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"Report to Lord Gao, Lord Ruan, a detachment of men and horses appeared ten miles ahead of me, numbering about 5,000 people, under the banner of the Great Song Dynasty, and killed our army."

Gao Jianxun was slightly stunned, looked up at the dust raised in front of him, nodded and said, "I know, you can retreat." ”

Gao Jianxun is Gao Jianming's sibling, he has won Gao Jianming's trust, and he is also the second person in the Gao clan at present, so the heavy responsibility of attacking the Aning Department this time falls on his shoulders. However, Gao Jianxun was also full of confidence in this battle, because they had found out that the defenders of the Aning Department were less than 10,000, and there were 40,000 troops on their side.

It's just that Gao Jianxun didn't expect that the defenders of the Aning Department would take the initiative to attack, and they actually dared to attack their 15,000 troops with 5,000 men and horses. Of course, Gao Jianxun didn't know that Yang Yan had arrived in Dali with the men and horses of the Xuanfeng Army, but even if he knew about Gao Jianxun, he wouldn't care anymore, because after all, only four or five thousand people had been added, and it couldn't change the strength of the entire battle situation.

Therefore, Gao Jianxun laughed and said to Chief Ruan: "General Ruan, you also heard it, I didn't expect that the Song army would come from looking for a way to die and take the initiative to attack it, which will save us a lot of trouble." ”

Chief Ruan also laughed and said: "Yes, General Gao, if the Song army is in the Aning Department, maybe it will cost us some effort, and we can live a little longer, but even if they want to die, then we might as well do good deeds and fulfill them." \\"Chief Ruan is the chief general of the Jiaozhi army who helped Gao Jianming this time, and he is fluent in Chinese, in fact, almost all Jiaozhi people can speak Chinese, which is not surprising.

Chief Nguyen is also a well-known general in Cochin, and has also made a lot of military achievements in the war with Purui, Mayi, Bagan and other countries around Cochin, and is also quite famous in the southwest. This time he led the army into Dali, and Gao Jianming served him as a guest, and gave him four beauties as soon as he made a move, with countless gold and silver. This time Gao Jianming planned to attack Shanyan Mansion, and Chief Ruan recently took the initiative to ask for the army to fight, and he also wanted to show his hands in front of Gao Jianming.

Now that the Song army has set out to attack, it is in the hands of Chief Ruan, and he immediately ordered: the whole army is lined up and ready to fight.

At this time, Deputy General Ruan Kuan said: "My lord, do you want to notify the other two groups of people to rush over to support." ”

Chief Ruan laughed and said, "No need, fifteen thousand people against five thousand people, do you still need to ask others to support?" ”

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"Kill!" Seeing that the number of the Song army was obviously less than his own, Chief Ruan waved the broadsword in his hand and gave the order to attack, and the soldiers of the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition army immediately raised their weapons and rushed towards the Song army like a tide.

Although the Song army was small in number, it did not shrink its defense, and under the command of Zhang Shiyan, it still resolutely took the initiative to attack the coalition army. At the forefront of the ranks of the Song army was a row of shield bearers, lined up in a row of shield walls, from the back of the shields, spears like a forest straight to the front, and then behind were the school swordsmen and the big axe army, and at the back of the array, there were eight hundred archers. Sharp spears and swords shone brightly against the rising sun. However, compared with the coalition army, the pace of the Song army's advance was not fast, and it was basically mainly on foot, and the array was neat and steady advancing.

The armies of both sides are mainly infantry troops, and there is a lack of horses in the southwest area, and the cavalry army also belongs to a small number of troops, and there are less than 600 cavalry troops in the combined army of Gao and Jiaozhi, but Chief Nguyen recently feels that his side now has the advantage and the victory is in hand, and there is really no need to use the precious cavalry, so at this time all the cavalry is placed in the rear and is not used. Among the 5,000 men and horses of the Song army, there were 800 cavalry, and Zhang Shiyan placed the cavalry on two wings, but he did not order the cavalry to attack for the time being, and the current infantry on the battlefield was infantry.

The front soldiers of the two sides finally came into contact with each other, and the soldiers of the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition army who rushed to the front raised their weapons in their hands, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the shield wall of the Song army, and the first battle after the Song army entered Dali began.

But the soldiers of the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition army who rushed in the first row of the bamboo immediately appeared wrong, some soldiers were pierced by the spears stabbed by the Song army before they rushed to the shield wall, and some soldiers pulled out their spears, but they were blocked by the shields, and soon died under the swords and guns of the Song army, and a few broke through the shield wall and rushed to the soldiers in the Song army's formation, but they were greeted by the school knife hands and axe men in the back row of the Song army. Therefore, at the very beginning of the war, the combined forces of Gao and Jiaozhi lost hundreds of soldiers.

At this time, the archers in the last row of the Song army also began to shoot arrows into the air, and round after round of arrows crossed the arc in the air and fell into the rear ranks of the Gao and Jiaozhi coalition forces, which immediately brought a large number of deaths. The soldier who was hit by the arrow fell to the ground screaming, and even if he had not lost his breath, he would be trampled by his own companions behind. Blood poured out and began to stain the earth red.

However, after all, the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition army had a large number of people, and after several rounds of repeated impacts, after paying the price of more than 1,000 battle lords, the shield wall of the Song army was finally broken to pieces, and some Song troops discarded their shields, pulled out their sharp blades, and started a white-edged battle with the coalition army. But more of the Song army was joined by other Song soldiers to form a battle group and fight the enemy. However, whether it is the ability of individual soldiers, or the ability to cooperate with each other and cooperate in combat, the Song army is above the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition army, so although the Song army is small, it is not at a disadvantage in the field, and the coalition army is a white rival, and the strength is equal.

Chief Ruan was dumbfounded, in his imagination, his army rushed forward, and he could beat the Song army to the ground and flee in embarrassment, because in the war that Chief Ruan had experienced before, it was basically like this, the side with more people must win the side with fewer people, but he didn't expect that the battlefield would become such a situation now.

And Gao Jianxun also saw that the cold sweat was dripping, and the Song army's combat methods and toughness were far beyond his imagination. Only then did he understand why the Song army only had 5,000 men and horses, but dared to take the initiative to meet the coalition army. He looked left and right, and was thinking in his heart whether to send these five hundred cavalry troops to the battlefield as well.

Just when Gao Jianxun was hesitating, Zhang Shiyan had already issued an order, ordering the cavalry on both wings to start attacking. Rush towards the flanks of the Gao and Cochin coalition forces. The horse's hooves trampled on the ground, splashing the dust, and the knights on the horse all brandished snow-white swords, and at the moment when the horses galloped past, the war knives slashed at high speed, flashing like a match, and blood gushed out like a spring, and the soldiers of the coalition army could hardly resist, and fell in pieces.

Moreover, the cavalry of the Song army did not plunge headlong into the crowded battlefield, because that would only make the cavalry lose space to sprint, and eventually had to fall into a bitter battle with the infantry army. There were 400 cavalry on the left and right wings of the Song army, divided into two groups, taking turns to attack, although there were only 200 cavalry in each round, but along the edges of the two wings of the Gao and Jiaozhi coalition forces at high speed, they invaded the outer layer of the enemy army layer by layer.

Moreover, after each round of cavalry attack, there will be infantry troops immediately to keep up, taking advantage of the temporary chaos after the coalition army suffered the blow of the cavalry, and constantly expanding the results created by the cavalry. Although it is not yet impossible to inflict a blow on the coalition forces, it is also slowly changing the situation on the battlefield. The combined forces of the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi army not only did not have any advantage, but were beaten by the Song army and gradually began to retreat.

Although it cannot be said that the Song army has won the battle with the economy at present, Zhang Shiyan has full confidence in the economy at this time, even if he does not choose the front army to help the battle, but the battle is fought to this extent, the Song army will at least not lose.

And Ruan Chieftain and Gao Jianxun don't have such a good mood as Zhang Shiyan, and now the only thing that the Gao clan and the Jiaozhi coalition can rely on to change the situation on the battlefield is the last 500 cavalry, but if you use these 500 cavalry, it is a problem. It was now obvious that the two wings of the Song army had the upper hand with the help of the cavalry, so the easiest way was to divide the five hundred cavalry into two teams to support the left and right wings, but this would result in the dispersion of the troops. If these 500 cavalry are concentrated to support one way, what about the other way? Or simply ignore the two wings and directly use these five hundred cavalry to attack the Song army in the center, as long as it breaks through the center, it doesn't matter if the two wings are defeated.