Ｚ}?． But the ground of the wilderness was scorched by the sun, and it was very dazzling.

At this moment, I saw more than ten war horses rushing out of the formation of the Lin'an Army and galloping towards the array of the Jiankang Army. Horses' hooves trampled and dusted up.

Yang Yan watched them get closer and closer, and suddenly asked Liu Fuwu, "Isn't the one who is in the lead Chen Yi?" How is he there in the rebels? ”

In fact, Liu Fuwu had already recognized Chen Yi, but he didn't say it. Seeing that Yang Yan also recognized him, he had to smile bitterly: "I haven't heard from him in the past two years, I don't know how he will defect to the rebels." ”

At this time, Chen Yi and more than ten others stopped at a distance of about sixty steps from the Jiankang army array, Chen Yi raised his spear and said: "Listen to the rebels, you are in front of the formation, but you don't dare to fight, what is the purpose, aren't they all cowardly like mice?" ”

As soon as his words fell, it immediately caused a burst of ridicule from the Jiankang army, and some soldiers shouted: "Why don't you attack it?" Isn't it also a timid person? ”

"That's it, that's it, aren't you also in formation, why don't you attack it?"

It turned out that Zong Tianxuan saw that the Jiankang army was delaying the attack, and there was no way, so he had to ask Chen Yi to challenge the Jiankang army, hoping to provoke the Jiankang army to fight. After Chen Yi received the order, he also felt a little crying and laughing. In the end, he has seen some battles, and whether others advance or not attack is someone else's business, how can he think about it, there are such wars. However, the boss gave the order, and he had to be respected, so he had to come out.

But being laughed at by Jiankang Jun like this, Chen Yi's face was a little unbearable, dancing his spear, and shouting: "I, Chen Yi, am here, but does anyone dare to come and fight me?" ”

Before the words fell, only a "whoosh" sound, a feather arrow was inserted in front of his war horse, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, and took two steps back. When I looked up, I saw Yang Yan holding a strong bow in his hand and laughing: "The two armies are fighting, fighting wits but not courage, fighting or not fighting." Chen Yi, you go back and tell Zhao Kai and Zong Tianxuan, tell him to wash his neck and wait to be beheaded. If you are not convinced, just attack. ”

Jiankang Jun laughed again, and Chen Yi was ashamed and ashamed, so he had to take people back to the battle.

But what Yang Yan said just now was shouted with internal strength, although it was far away, Zhao Kai could also hear it clearly, after being exposed to the sun for so long, Zhao Kai was already a little upset, listening to Yang Yan say this, it added fuel to the fire, so angry that Zhao Kai slapped the table, shook the chess pieces on the table, and said angrily: "Yang Yan, this kid dares to despise me so much, it's really hateful, he laughs at me and I don't dare to attack, I want to attack it." Mr. Zong, you immediately give the order and the whole army will attack. ”

Zong Tianxuan was taken aback, he was still able to calm down, knowing that he couldn't easily fight now, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is Yang Yan provoking us to fight, Your Majesty must not fall for him." ”

Zhao Kai said angrily: "When do I have to wait, I can't wait." ”

Zong Tianxuan said: "We can't wait, Yang Yan won't be much better either, as long as we wait a little longer, they will attack." "To put it mildly, I finally persuaded Zhao Kai to temporarily avoid forcibly retracting his life.

This inch Yang Yan smiled in the formation: "It seems that Zong Tianxuan is about to lose his breath, we can start attacking." Saying that, he immediately gave the order, and killed two thousand cavalry troops from the left and right wings of the Jiankang army, and rushed towards the formation of the Lin'an army.

At this time, Zhao Kai and Zong Tianxuan were anxious, and suddenly saw the Jiankang army surging left and right, and each committed suicide to send a team of cavalry, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that Yang Yan finally couldn't bear it anymore and attacked. Zong Tianxuan hurriedly ordered all sides to attack, and the enemy army came over with an attack and prepared to meet the battle.

The soldiers in the front row of the Lin'an Army also saw the men and horses of the Jiankang Army dispatching, and the soldiers in the back row who could not see it also heard the sound of horses' hooves, knowing that the enemy army was attacking with a warp, and their lazy spirit was also lifted a little. The shield-bearers raised their shields, and some of them stepped onto their chariots, while others stood in the gap between the chariots, and between the shields some of the pikemen erected their spears and pointed diagonally forward. The archers in the back row also bent their bows and prepared their arrows. The other soldiers also clenched their weapons and waited for the opposing cavalry to rush up.

Zong Tianxuan didn't care about playing chess with Zhao Kai anymore, stood up from the high platform, looked at the cavalry army that was gradually approaching his own big array, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and now he was waiting for the enemy army to hit the copper wall under his own cloth and break his head and bleed.

But the course of the war was not as Zong Tianxuan thought, after the four thousand cavalry of the Jiankang army came out, they did not collide with the solid formation of the Lin'an army, but immediately dispersed in front of the formation, around the large array laid by the Lin'an army, riding horses back and forth and crossing, just when they were about 100 steps away from the Lin'an army's formation, they immediately ran away with their horses, and aimed at the large formation of the Lin'an army.

Because the Lin'an Army is a fixed formation, and the personnel are also very dense, the Jiankang Army doesn't need to draw accurately, just shoot in the direction. Moreover, all the arrows of the Jiankang Army are projectile at a time, although the penetration power will be reduced compared to direct shots, but the feather arrows can be used to reach the maximum range, and the elbow can also dodge the frontal shield to block and expand the impact area.

The shield bearers of the Lin'an army hurriedly raised their shields to block the arrows falling from the sky, but in the Lin'an army, there are only a few soldiers with shields after all, and most of them are distributed in the forefront, and many soldiers are not even complete in armor, so after a rain of arrows, the Lin'an army immediately screamed in the sky, and hundreds of soldiers were shot and fell.

Zhao Kai and Zong Tianxuan stood on the high platform, far away, and the bow and arrow could not shoot them. But seeing the embarrassed appearance of his soldiers, Zhao Kai couldn't help but be very anxious, and Zong Tianxuan was so anxious that he shouted: "Where are our archers? Shoot back! ”

He didn't have to say it, and the archers of the Lin'an army also fired back with their bows and arrows. However, the Jiankang army was not as fixed as the Lin'an army, and it was densely arranged, they were all cavalry, they were extremely scattered, and they were in high movement, so it was extremely difficult to shoot. After several rounds of firing between the two sides, the casualties of the Lin'an army were far greater than those of the Jiankang army.

And the horse army division who originally followed Yang Yan selected the cavalry of the front army, and after a series of fierce battles, most of them had already been killed. Now the vast majority of the 20,000 cavalry are new troops, and many of them have just been selected from the infantry army into the cavalry army, and they are formed with captured Western Xia war horses.

Although they have also undergone Yang Yan's strict training, after all, the time for forming the army is too short, and compared with the original selection army, there is still a big distance, and it is far from meeting Yang Yan's requirements. It's just that now that the war is urgent, Yang Yan is not allowed to train slowly, so he can only put all of them into the battlefield and practice with battle. And this time against the Lin'an Army, it is a good opportunity to test it.

However, the quality of both sides is not at all on the same level. Although most of the cavalry of the Jiankang Army were new troops, they were also well-trained after all, and they also knew that Yang Yan was extremely strict in governing the army, so in the face of the arrows shot by the Lin'an Army, they still rode their horses and galloped to fight to the end, and no one dared to take half a step back.

The Lin'an Army is different. Originally, the members were uneven, they were all a rabble, and they were not strictly trained, and after being hit by bows and arrows, people suddenly panicked, and regardless of the formation of the queue, they either fled backwards to dodge, or looked everywhere for a place to hide. And under the chariot became the best place to take refuge, and under each chariot was crowded with people. Those who can't squeeze in are desperately trying to pull others out so that they can have a place to hide. There are also people who snatch shields, and they are about to mess up.

At this time, Chen Yiji returned to the formation, his position was so that he couldn't get the bow and arrow, but he really couldn't stand it, after all, he had gone through some battles, and knew that it wouldn't take long to go on like this, and before the Jiankang army could attack, the Lin'an army would be finished, so he hurriedly rode his horse to the Chinese military formation, Zhao Kai and Zong Tianxuan were under the high platform, dismounted and walked to the platform.

Stepping on the high platform, I saw that there was a lot of commotion on the stage, the table had already fallen to the ground, and the chess pieces were scattered on the ground. A few of the palace maids who were waiting for them had already hid to the side. I heard Zhao Kai playing Zong Tianxuan, and said in a loud voice: "What to do, what can I do, Mr. Zong, you have an idea." ”

And Zong Tianxuan was also sweating profusely at this time, but he was dumbfounded, not knowing what to do. Xie Qingfeng jumped on the side and pointed at the Jiankang army and scolded: "Yang Yan, this bastard, he doesn't know the art of war at all, there are people like him fighting like him in this world." Dare to shoot arrows far away, and don't dare to attack, isn't this like a scoundrel fight? ”

Liu Bofang on the other side also shook his head frequently, and said: "Don't dare to fight in a dignified manner, and try your best to do some crooked ways, it is not a martial victory." ”

Chen Yi listened, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what did this group of people think was fighting? Is it really a game of chess? One move and one style have to be played according to the chess score. Still fighting? Soldiers, treacherous ways, do everything, as long as they can win the battle, no matter what method he uses. Could it be that Yang Yan had to rush forward to the arranged formation as they thought, which was the correct way to use troops?

But now regardless of thinking about this, Chen Yi came to Zong Tianxuan's side in a few steps and said: "Mr. Zong, now our army is in danger, and only by taking the initiative can we save the defeat, how to say that our men and horses are more than twice as many as theirs." The last general begs the gentleman to let the last general lead the cavalry into battle. ”

Zong Tianxuan came back to his senses at this time, and as soon as he suddenly realized, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, General Chen is right, we should take the initiative to attack, we should have taken the initiative a long time ago." In this way, Chen Yi, you immediately lead the cavalry of the left army to battle first. Then I immediately gave the order for the cavalry of the other armies to attack as well. ”