The night was already very deep, and the clouds in the sky were piling up, and they were pressed down, completely obscuring the moon and stars. There was only darkness in the sky. In mid-air, which was not too high, a flash of fire suddenly appeared, accompanied by a slight roar. Immediately after that, there was a second and third flames......

"Rockets! Enemy attack! Bang Bang Bang ......"

In the camp of the Song army led by Gao Yu and Tong Guan, there were bursts of exclamations and piercing bangs.

Just after a worried day, Captain Gao, who was about to sleep well in the warm and comfortable tent and regain his strength, suddenly heard someone shouting outside. Then he saw one of his own retinues open the tent of fur, and ran in in a panic.

"Captain, rocket! The brother in front launched a rocket......"

The small elite sent by Tong Guan is certainly not comparable to the archers of Saimenzhai, not only is it well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, but it also carries rockets. Well, it's the kind of thing that straps a tiny powder bag around a normal feathered arrow, lights it up, launches it into the air, and then explodes.

It is not very useful in front of the two armies, but it can be used to transmit signals at night.

The rocket explodes in the air, which means that there will be a bloody battle tonight!

"Hurry up and get Qing Tang Jia!" Gao Yu roared, summoned two personal attendants, quickly put on the life-saving Qingtang armor, and put on a hood, and then went to the Chinese army's big tent with a group of personal guards who rushed to hear the news. Tong Guan, Liu Zhongwu, Yang Kebi, and several other generals were already dressed up and waiting there. Seeing Gao Yu come in, all the generals except Tong Guan saluted respectfully and called them Tai Lieutenant.

"What's wrong? Where is the thief? "Gao Yu has been on the battlefield a few times, and he has seen a lot of fighting, and his nerves are a lot thicker, so he seems very calm.

"Eight miles away," Liu Zhongwu said, "the battle will be fought in half an hour at the earliest." ”

Eight miles is almost four kilometers, and it doesn't take half an hour to walk normally. However, the night march on the battlefield is not a normal walk, and it must be slowed down in formation. Half an hour is already fast, even if you walk for an hour, it's not slow.

Therefore, several generals in the big tent of the Chinese army seemed unhurried, but Gao Yu could still feel the tense atmosphere.

Gao Yu asked again: "Do you know how many thieves there are?" ”

Liu Zhongwu replied: "I don't know yet, but it shouldn't be too much." ”

Gao Yu asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"Because only the sentinels on both sides of the road have released rockets," Liu Zhongwu said, "how many soldiers and horses can be placed on a main road?" I can't spread it out even if I come too much, it's estimated to be a few thousand. ”

The terrain between Saimenzhai and Ansaibao is also similar to that of Hengshan, and it is also a loess high slope with thousands of ravines, but the height is not as good as Hengshan.

The so-called main road is an official road built along the relatively open terrain on the east bank of the upper reaches of Yanshui. The place where the upstream of Yanshui flows is actually a ravine, but it has become relatively open after being washed by the water for thousands of years. However, this is not the only passage, among the thousands of ravines on both sides of the river, there are many winding mountain roads that can connect the north, south, east and west.

If the Western Thieves sent a large army, then at least they should divide into several ways and march together. Now there is only one way to call the police, which means that the enemy is only one way.

Knowing that there were not many enemies, Gao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Tong Guan.

Tong Guan is also used to giving advice to Gao Yu, and said: "If you only come all the way, you will either sneak attack or temptation." Regardless of it, in short, the heads are real, cut them first. ”

That's not a small breath!

"Yes!" Gao Yu nodded weakly, he didn't have a house slave soldier in his hands, but he still knew the truth that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward. "Chuan Mou's general's order, tonight's battle, the reward will be doubled!"

It's really generous!

However, the generals present frowned. The elite of the Song army are all masters who don't pay on credit, and they are willing to sell their lives only when they see cash...... Unless it is put to death, if you don't work hard, you will die.

In short, in most cases, the amount of copper coins and silk silk carried when sending troops to fight is linked to the combat effectiveness of the troops, and if the money is spent, the troops can only be hastily withdrawn.

But it is impossible for the troops to carry unlimited copper coins and silk silk when they are marching, and the Yan Yanfu Division will not give more...... As a general of the Song Army, you have to be careful in your war!

Seeing that the scene was a little cold, Gao Yu was still wondering if it was too little? He has money now, he is a shareholder of the Republic Bank and Jiehe Commercial City, and he also accepted a lot of bribes when he was an official in Kaifeng Mansion, and his worth has long been millions. So the horizon is also big, and I really don't think it's a big deal to lose tens of thousands of dollars in one battle.

Tonight's battle, as long as he can win, his career in the northwest will be perfect, maybe he will go back to the Sanya Army......

"Okay, okay, let's double the reward." Tong Guan knew Gao Yu's psychology, so he agreed. He was a prisoner, and if he agreed, there would be nothing else to say.

Tong Guan paused and said: "Now that the sky is dark, most of the thieves want to attack at night, so it is better to set up an ambush in the camp and catch them off guard." ”

"Good! Just follow the prison army. "Gao Yu is a famous general who has no ideas, and he is obedient to Tong Guan.

When Tong Guan was ambushing in his own camp, Xiao Heda was leading 3,000 Hengshan Buzi to walk on the ice of the Yanhe River.

All of them have abandoned their spears and are carrying swords, shields, and bows and arrows. There was no formation, just a chaotic surge on the ice.

The reason why I didn't carry a spear was that it was a night attack today, and it was not the time for the cavalry to charge at night. In addition, Hengshan Bubazi was stronger than the infantry of the Song army, that is, he was equipped with three battles - he could play with bows and arrows, swords and shields, and spears at the same time. is the same as the warriors under Wu Haogu, but their "three battles" are not too slippery, that is, they make do with it.

And Bu Bazi's real ability is to be able to march. These are all Tibetan farmers in the mountainous areas of northern Shaanxi, who have been drilling in thousands of ravines since they were children, and have developed very strong foot strength.

In addition, due to the harsh living conditions, they are also more tolerant of bitter cold.

In contrast, the average Song infantry was only proficient in one battle, either a sword or shield, a spear, or a bow and crossbow.

Moreover, the Song army attached great importance to long-range shooting and neglected close combat, and the infantry was all (the ordinary Song army at this time adopted the "flower team formation", that is, the swordsmen, gunners, and crossbowmen were mixed in one capital or team), usually there were only eight swordsmen (sword and shield), eleven gunners, and the rest were crossbowmen. Under such an arrangement, the formation battle is very powerful, and with thousands of arrows fired in unison, it is easy to shoot the opponent into a hedgehog. However, it suffers in melee combat, after all, only two dozen people (plus officers) can fight hand-to-hand combat.

Xiao Heda is very clear about this problem of the Song army's infantry, so he has to fight his opponent as much as possible during tonight's night attack. If you can use 3,000 Yokoyama soldiers to disrupt the opponent's camp.

Then he will send a signal to Brother Cha in the rear, and the 40,000 party army will pounce and destroy the army commanded by Gao Yu in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is just a fluke...... How can a famous player like Gao Yu be so easy to deal with?

So Xiao Heda's 3,000 Hengshan soldiers actually came to send heads.

It's called a ploy!

……

"Commander the army, Song Dog is in chaos!"

Without a reminder, Xiao Heda, who was marching on horseback, saw a torch swimming behind the fence of the Song military camp in front of him.

This should be the whole team that the Song army is messing up!

But they fired rockets to call the police an hour ago, why haven't they finished the team for so long?

Xiao Heda is not a fool, he already knows that something is wrong. But he was supposed to send someone to the head tonight, so he was wrong.

"Warriors of the Yokoyama tribe!" Xiao Heda roared, "Song Dog is already in chaos, now is the time to defeat them!"

Blow the trumpet, attack! ”

What he saw, the leaders of the Hengshan tribe who brought the warriors of the tribe to take the lead for the Western Xia also saw it.

Although these people are now also known as foot soldiers, they are no longer the regular army of Western Xia. After all, most of the control of Hengshan had fallen into the hands of the Song army, and they, the leaders and warriors of the Tibetan tribe, were all the people of the official Zhao Ji, so it was naturally impossible for them to accept the training of Western Xia......

Now that they see an opportunity, these warriors don't talk about any discipline or formation, they just rush up.

Anyway, today is supposed to be a night battle, and at night, there is still a Rausch formation?

The warriors who rushed to the front had already rushed to the front of the fence and began to chop with their knives, and the wood used for the fence looked very fine, and it was not a good wood, and it was quickly cut down or knocked down a lot.

In this process, the few Song army crossbowmen also put a few rounds of arrows, and I don't know how many Hengshan Qiang were put down. But these people are on the rise, and this loss can't scare them at all.

The Song army's fence soon appeared in many breaches, and the Hengshan Qiang rushed in shouting. And those Song army crossbowmen who released arrows were all dying. What appeared next in front of these Hengshan Qiang was an open area full of board cars, and each board car was "piled up" with silk silk of various colors!

A group of little robbers from the Hengshan tribe suddenly became enthusiastic, they originally followed the western thieves south in order to grab a handful, but now they saw so much money and goods, they have long forgotten about the war. At the moment, everyone scrambled to rush to the "silk silk" of the car......

At this moment, a rocket flew out of nowhere and exploded in the air. Then there was a dense ringing of bowstrings, and countless clusters of arrows with firelight, like meteors, appeared in the dark night sky!

The ambush of the Song army is on the field!