When the army is encamped, it will inevitably choose the appropriate terrain, arrange watchtowers and patrol posts, and dig trenches and ditches outside the camp as long as possible to prevent possible sneak attacks by the enemy.

Li Fengxiao has been a veteran for many years, and he has done all these things that should be done, but he never expected that the Song army would directly attack his military camp at this time. The distance was too close, and in wartime, the watchtower patrols were all useless. Because it had been decided to retreat early tomorrow morning, the soldiers left behind in the camp were packing up their salutes, and the soldiers participating in the battle outside did not dare to move because of the military order, so they did not respond in time.

Inexplicably, the Jiaozhi army was caught off guard by the Song army.

Xu Ping saw on the top of the mountain that the township infantry led by Zhang Rong first engaged the Jiaozhi army and formed a melee outside the barracks. Some villagers rushed into the Jiaozhi barracks by the way, and by the way, they set fires, and the flames soared into the sky for a while.

Sang Yi brought more armor with the van army, and the speed was relatively slower, but the combat power was far below the township soldiers, and the Jiaozhi army that engaged in the battle was pressed back into the barracks.

In less than half an hour, the Song army had already entered the Jiaozhi military camp, and the two sides were fighting together.

Until this time, the rear team of the Jiaozhi army led by Li Fengxiao to attack the valley had just left the valley and slowly retreated along the passage surrounded by the goose cart cave.

The most important thing for the army is not to be chaotic, even if the sword mountain and the sea of fire must be walked over in an orderly manner, these Jiaozhi elite soldiers are still performing well at this time.

Xu Ping looked at the situation in front of the mountain and was stunned for a while. He originally thought that even if it was a sudden attack, it would only make the Jiaozhi army panic for a while, and the Song army would take advantage of the chaos to gain some results and calmly retreat. But the current situation is that the Jiaozhi army is completely unprepared, and before they even have time to put out the military array, they are rushed into the barracks.

It's a different story.

The Cochin army was originally superior in numbers. Once in the melee. This advantage is not obvious. The most terrible thing is that he can't quickly disengage with the Song army, and he is actually entangled.

With a sigh of relief, Xu Ping said to the soldiers beside him: "Pass on my military order, Han Daocheng followed closely behind the Jiaozhi army and forced them out of the valley. After getting out of the valley, rush directly to the open area! ”

The soldiers took the order and left.

Xu Ping said to Lu Fang beside him: "After fighting with the Jiaozhi people for several months, there has never been a chance to win like today, if you miss it." I will be guilty for the rest of my life! At this time, the Jiaozhi army in the valley will not retreat, and the army outside the valley has been entangled, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You take the 1,000 soldiers on the mountain, immediately rush down the mountain, do only one thing, blow up all the goose cart holes of the Cochin people, and burn them all! ”

Lu Fang received the order and went to beckon people to prepare gunpowder and kerosene.

Xu Ping only felt his heart pounding, and watched the scene of the melee under the mountain for a while. Turning to Tan Hu, he said, "You personally brought my military order and ordered the fifty-two artillery pieces with wheels to defend in the valley." No matter how much manpower and material resources are used, all of them will be pulled into Han Daocheng's cavalry ranks!

Tan Hu hesitated: "Official, the mountain is too close to the enemy, Lu Fang will lead people down the mountain, there are not many people around you." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "What are you afraid of!" Not to mention that no one can rush up now, so what if they do? I think I also practiced swords and guns back then, and I am not a person who can't go into battle, so you can go! ”

Tan Hu had no choice but to agree, turned around and ordered Xu Ping's personal soldiers, and prepared to leave.

Xu Ping stopped him again and ordered: "You follow there, watch with your own eyes and pull up the artillery!" Also, watch the first round of artillery fire before you can come back! ”

Watching Tan Hu leave, Xu Ping only felt that his heart was beating hard, and he couldn't help but pace in place. After all these years, his emotions have never been so excited.

He had thought about all the possibilities for this war, but he never expected this situation to occur.

Li Fengxiao actually did the right thing, the forces of the two sides are about the same, and his arrangement is also stable, even if the military camp in the rear is disrupted by the Song army, as long as he can withdraw from the valley in time, there is enough time to organize manpower to bring the situation back. The worst consequence is only to lose some more soldiers and still be able to calmly withdraw.

The only accident was that Xu Ping was given the best opportunity to use gunpowder.

If there is a Jiaozhi army behind to respond, Xu Ping will not have much effect if he blows up the retreat of the Guzhong army, and he will be cleaned up soon. Although the power of the artillery is strong, it is inconvenient to move, the accuracy is not enough, and the time to prepare for firing is too long, and the two armies cannot play much role in the confrontation.

The current solid artillery can still exert its maximum power when defending and besieging the city, and it is difficult to keep up with the movement of the army and adapt to the various changes in the military formation.

But the narrow area where nearly 10,000 people of the Jiaozhi army were blocked at the mouth of the valley was completely different, and more than 50 artillery pieces could cover the entire valley mouth with just a few salvos, how could the flesh and blood resist the shells?

Han Daocheng, who was slowly advancing with the cavalry, got Xu Ping's military order, slowed down the march, and led his men to just monitor the Jiaozhi army from a distance, and gradually approached the distance of two miles, and then stopped.

At this time, the sound of killing outside the valley shook the sky, and the Jiaozhi military camp was ignited by Song, and the sky-high fire could be clearly seen in the valley. Li Fengxiao was anxious, he was not there, and there was a eunuch like Li Renyi in the barracks, and the Jiaozhi army would only become more and more chaotic, and anything could happen if it dragged on.

A personal soldier whispered to Li Fengxiao: "Marshal, the cavalry of the Song army behind has stopped!" ”

Li Fengxiao turned his head and glanced at it, and said coldly: "The cavalry of the Song Army is just here to disturb our minds, don't worry about them, now it's serious to withdraw from the valley as soon as possible!" ”

The sun streaked across the mid-heavens, and at the hottest time of the day, there was not even a hint of wind in the valley, and more than 10,000 people were huddled together, as hot as a steamer.

The Song army on the hills on both sides smashed the stones down lifelessly, and at any time there were Jiaozhi soldiers who fell to the ground and howled, and the rolling stones blocked the road again, and Jiaozhi became more and more chaotic.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Song army, which had stopped two miles away, suddenly moved again, although the speed was still very slow, but it only took two or three sticks of incense to reach a distance of one mile from the Jiaozhi army.

Looking at the cavalry brigade of the Song army that could not be seen at a glance, the soldiers of Jiaozhi only felt frightened, and the Song army was able to barely charge at this distance. The Jiaozhi army no longer has a serious formation, how can it withstand the impact of the cavalry brigade?

"Dashuai, look, look!"

The soldiers pointed to the cavalry of the Song army in the rear and called out to Li Fengxiao.

Li Fengxiao turned around and saw that the approaching cavalry of the Song army was scattering, pushing dozens of black iron pipes out of the horse team, pointing directly at the Jiaozhi army crowded into a pile.

Before Li Fengxiao could figure out what the Song army was going to do, an earth-shattering rumble suddenly came from outside the valley, and thick black smoke slowly rose, filling the valley mouth.

As the black smoke rose, the skyrocketing fire suddenly ignited, enveloping Taniguchi's retreat. (To be continued.) )