When he heard the soldiers sent by Li Yanqing to ask for help, when someone wanted to attack the imperial history inspector halfway, he was so frightened that he almost fainted, if the imperial history inspector was killed in Cizhou, he would be the most responsible, and the dismissal was secondary, and it was more likely that he would be imprisoned for questioning.

Zhang Jian did not hesitate to lead two thousand troops to the north to support, and finally rushed to the mountain temple before dawn, but Zhang Jian was not in a hurry to order an attack, he saw that the bandits did not capture the mountain temple, since the imperial history inspector and his party were still safe, he needed to let the soldiers rest a little, the two thousand troops rushed all night, and they were really a little tired.

The variable came from the more than 600 bandits led by Lu Fang, when Lu Fang suspended the attack on the low post, many wounded soldiers who claimed to have broken legs and hands miraculously recovered their health, Lu Fang was very cruel to the wounded soldiers, they had no livestock to carry the wounded soldiers, they would be discarded directly, and what was waiting for them was only death.

Two months ago, Lu Fang had led hundreds of troops to defeat the 3,000 Cizhou township soldiers who entered the mountains to suppress bandits, he looked down on the local enemy army from the bones, lack of training, ****, vulnerable, especially not led by a good general, Lu Fang knew in his heart that as long as he killed the other party's main general, this army would quickly collapse.

Since he couldn't take the hill, he didn't want to go back empty-handed, if he wanted to establish a high prestige among the bandits in Taihang Mountain, he had to fight with the officers and soldiers at any cost, this was a very rare opportunity, even if he was unfortunately defeated, his reputation was also out.

"Brothers, the enemy is tired of running, the time is just around the corner, attack me!" Lu Fang waved his halberd and shouted.

"Kill!"

More than 600 bandits brandished spears and slaughtered the 2,000 soldiers several miles away.

Zhang Lian's face was pale, he originally just wanted to scare the mountain bandits away to end the rescue, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually fight with him, he was timid in his heart, and turned back to look at Liu Chang, the commander of the army.

Liu Chang was the commander of the Cizhou Xiang Army, subordinate to the Privy Council, and their duty was to maintain local security, including suppressing bandits, and as a support force for the forbidden army during the war, they mainly did some rough and clumsy chores, such as building cities, making weapons, building roads and bridges, transporting grain and reclamation, and guarding officials, welcoming and sending off, etc.

The Xiang army has low salary, poor equipment, and long-term insufficient training, and is even inferior to the township soldiers in battle, at least the township soldiers still have the determination to defend the land and protect their homes, so most of the Xiang troops are vulnerable, which is why Lu Fang dares to directly challenge them.

Liu Chang's eyes also showed a hint of unease, but the rampant provocation of the bandits also made him very angry, and he roared, "Archers prepare!" ”

Five hundred archers stepped forward quickly, brushed the ground and raised their longbows, the Xiang army was equipped with bows and arrows, not military crossbows, although Wang Gui's men were equipped with a hundred military crossbows, but that was what he tried all kinds of ways to get, it was not a standard configuration, only the forbidden army would be generally equipped with military crossbows and divine arm crossbows.

The two thousand Xiang troops quickly lined up the formation, their formation was very simple, it was the most basic phalanx, there was no main formation and left and right wings, it would take a long time to train and run in to give full play to the power of outflanking its two wings, otherwise even if it was placed, it would be in vain.

In just a moment, six hundred bandits rushed into a hundred steps, and Liu Chang shouted, "Release the arrow!" ”

Five hundred arrows were shot at the same time, intensively shooting at the bandits who were shouting to kill, if the other party was wearing cloth clothes, then the lethality of these five hundred arrows was quite strong, but unfortunately the other party was wearing double leather armor, they lay on the ground one after another, the arrows crackled and fell, hitting the hard leather armor and helmets, although the leather armor of dozens of soldiers was shot through and caused some casualties, but most of the bandits were unharmed, when the arrows disappeared, they got up and continued to run forward.

Liu Chang's face changed greatly, he knew that he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss today, so he hurriedly ordered the left and right: "Escort the envoy to retreat, away from the battlefield!" ”

More than a dozen personal guard cavalrymen turned their horses and escorted the flustered Zhang Lian to retreat south.

Even shooting two rounds of arrows didn't work, the bandits were only thirty steps away from the box army, rushing like a frenzy, there was no point in shooting arrows at all, Liu Chang shouted: "The archers retreat, the spear army presses!" ”

Five hundred archers retreated, and fifteen hundred spearmen rushed forward, and the two armies collided violently, screaming loudly, and the two armies fought on the official road and the snowfields on both sides.

Li Yanqing led two hundred village soldiers down the mountain early, but he was not in a hurry to enter the battle, but hid in the woods a mile away, in fact, Li Yanqing did not put into the idea of fighting, he was just worried that Lu Fang led the bandits to retreat to Taihang Mountain, so he led two hundred soldiers down the mountain to cut off the mountain bandits' retreat to the north.

However, the development of the situation was beyond Li Yanqing's expectations, and Lu Fang actually led the bandits to fight a hard battle with the 2,000 Xiang troops who came to support.

"Lao Li, it doesn't seem right! The officers and men seemed to be overwhelmed. ”

Wang Gui looked at the officers and soldiers who were killed a mile away and retreated one mile away, and the formation of the officers and soldiers was completely chaotic and kept retreating, while the morale of the bandits was high, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became.

Li Yanqing didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army would be so weak, he secretly cursed in his heart, and said to Wang Gui and Yue Fei: "Let's kill it and kill the enemy's main general!" ”

"Brothers, kill me!"

Wang Gui brandished a big knife and took the lead in killing the back of the bandits, the soldiers ran with him, Yue Fei ran with a gun, and his eyes were fixed on the enemy's main general, Lu Fang.

Li Yanqing shouted to the ten cavalrymen behind him: "You come with me!" ”

He held a wind-chasing bow and carried two pots of arrows on his back, and led ten cavalry to make a roundabout, he would not directly participate in the battle, but would release arrows on the periphery to support, or hunt and kill lone bandits.

The two hundred soldiers suddenly struck from the back like a sharp dagger, taking the bandit soldiers who had gained the upper hand by surprise, and they had to divide their forces to meet the battle, which immediately caused the offensive momentum of the bandits to be defeated, and the officers and men who were about to collapse were given an extremely precious respite at the critical moment.

Liu Chang seized this opportunity and quickly led the army to withstand several weak points that were about to be defeated, which was like a house that was about to collapse and was suddenly supported by a large wooden pillar, and it was immediately stabilized again.

Lu Fang was furious and ordered Luo Jin to say, "Kill all these sneak attack bastards!" ”

Luo Jin led two hundred soldiers to resist the sneak attack on the back, but he met Wang Gui head-on, only to see a flash of cold light, and a big knife slashed head-on, "Eat your grandfather with a knife." ”

This knife is as fast as lightning, the knife is extremely powerful, Luo Jin can't dodge it, so he has to raise the knife to block, just listen to 'dang! There was a loud bang, and he lost sensation in his arm, and the spear flew away.

Luo Jin only sat in the third position at the beginning, and his martial arts were weaker than Tao Jun and Jia Jin, and Tao Jun died under Wang Gui's knife in Huang County, the Daimyo's mansion, how could Luo Jin's martial arts be Wang Gui's opponent, just one face, his spear was split by the big knife.

Luo Jin screamed badly, spurted out a mouthful of blood, turned the horse's head and fled, Wang Gui sneered, strangled the reins with one hand, and slashed at the back of the enemy's neck with his right hand, this knife was faster, only to hear a click, a human head flew up, the war horse ran out of more than a dozen steps, and the headless corpse on the horse fell to the ground with a clatter, Wang Gui shouted: "Give me the horse and seize it!" ”

He picked up the head with the tip of his knife and shouted around: "Your lord is dead, and you still won't surrender?" ”

In the distance, Lu Fang's eyes were so angry that his eyes spurted blood, and he roared that he was about to rush over, but he was stopped by a young man waving a gun, "Lu thief is leaving, eat me Yue Fei with a shot!" ”

After speaking, Yue Fei stabbed out with a shot, this shot seemed to be mediocre, but it had reached the level of returning to the basics, fast and ruthless, sealing all of Lu Fang's dodge directions.

Lu Fang's martial arts can be ranked in the top fifteen at least in Liangshan, he is a person who knows the goods, and the other party's shot surprised him, how can this young man be so powerful?

After all, he is also strong in martial arts, especially experienced, he raised a halberd with his backhand to block, and when he made a sound, he accurately swung away Yue Fei's shot, Yue Fei shouted, like a storm, stabbed more than ten shots in a row, Lu Fang blocked one by one, and the two fought fiercely in one place.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield has been completely reversed, Li Yanqing cast cold arrows on the periphery, specifically shooting and killing the leader of the enemy army, his arrows were not missing, and he shot five bandit leaders in a row, all of them were killed by an arrow through the head, and the offensive of the bandits gradually disappeared, Liu Chang took the opportunity to lead the Xiang army to counterattack, and the bandits were killed and retreated, the morale of the army was weakened, and the morale dropped sharply.

Li Yanqing was not in a hurry to shoot and kill, he immediately looked at the fierce battle between Yue Fei and Lu Fang with a bow and arrow in his hand, if Yue Fei was in danger, he would shoot at any time.

Lu Fang and Yue Fei fought fiercely for nearly 20 rounds, and Lu Fang began to lose support, blocking left and right, and defeat was already visible.

Yue Fei's marksmanship was taught by Zhou Tong himself, and later he was carefully instructed by Xu Ning, the golden gunner, and he practiced extremely hard, although he didn't dare to say that his marksmanship was one of the best in the world, but he could also squeeze into the top ten in the world, the only thing he lacked was actual combat experience, otherwise Lu Fang wouldn't be able to resist even ten rounds.

At this time, the bandits finally couldn't support it and began to rout, Lu Fang shook a shot, turned his horse and fled, but Li Yanqing pulled out his bow and arrow a hundred steps away, aiming at the back of Lu Fang's neck, at this moment, Yue Fei, who was chasing Lu Fang, appeared in Li Yanqing's line of sight, just blocking Lu Fang.

Li Yanqing's hand had to be slightly off, and an arrow was shot, this arrow flew past the outside of Yue Fei's right arm, and an arrow hit Lu Fang's right shoulder, Lu Fang screamed, his body shook violently, and he hugged the horse's neck and ran away.

Yue Fei's war horse was a little inferior, chased two miles away, and was finally escaped by Lu Fang, and he had to return to the battlefield with regret.

The Xiang army chased all the way, killing the corpses of the bandits all over the place, even if the bandits knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, it was useless, and they were killed by the soldiers of the Xiang army, and in the end only more than ten people escaped from the woods.

In this battle, more than 600 of Lu Fang's subordinates were wiped out, plus nearly 400 people were killed during the previous attack on the mountain, and more than 1,000 bandits were all killed.