"What the hell are the Cochins doing?"

On the top of the mountain, Sang Yi frowned and looked down the mountain, muttering to himself.

Since the sun had not risen in the early morning, Li Fengxiao began a second attack. Although according to the arrangement, this time it was a bluff and the advance was the retreat, Li Fengxiao still led the team in person, without the slightest sloppiness.

This is his pride as a general, and as a commander he has to make reasonable arrangements, but as soon as he goes to the battlefield, he has to fight for victory.

Li Fengxiao led 8,000 men into the valley, and 3,000 men guarded the passage at the mouth of the valley, and his men and horses stayed in the rear to prevent accidents and meet the attackers.

At this time, it was mid-day, and the battle in the valley was extremely fierce, but the outside of the valley seemed to be extremely calm. Since the earthen wall was blown away, Li Fengxiao knew that it was impossible to build it again, so he changed his mind and used large wood to build a goose cart hole instead of the earthen wall to cover the attacking soldiers.

At this time, these siege equipment did not follow into the valley, but stood at the mouth of the valley, instead of the earthen wall, blocking a passage between the valley mouth and the Cochin military camp. No matter how strong the big wood is, it can't be compared with the earthen wall, and under the fierce stone cannon attack of the Song army, there are goose cart holes that are broken up from time to time. The defending Jiaozhi soldiers repaired it in time, and this passage actually existed all along, and it looked particularly conspicuous.

Xu Ping looked at it and frowned, and said to Sang Yi: "When the two armies clash, you must not leave anything to chance, once you attack, you should be like a tiger pounceing on a sheep, and do your best." If the first mouse is at both ends, the offense and defense are lost. Li Fengxiao, as a cross-handed general, it is impossible not to understand this truth. Now that they understand and do this, there is only one explanation,—— the Jiaozhi people want to withdraw from the army. ”

Sang Yi nodded: "I think so too, if I don't have such a mind, I can't make such an arrangement." It is clear that some of these goose cart holes are not yet finished. If used in place of earthen wall cover. Then you should put in a little more effort. It is filled with some soil sacs and stones, so that it is not so easy to be broken by stone cannons. - We can all come up with these and discuss them, Li Fengxiao can't think of it, we can only say that he is in a hurry now. ”

Xu Ping looked at the sky, was silent for a while, and said: "Retreat, retreat, the battle has become a chicken rib until now." The Jiaozhi people can't attack Langzhou, and we don't have the strength to fight out, so what are you doing here? In another month or two, when the rainy season comes, they will not be able to stay outside the valley at all, and they will think that it will be too late to retreat. ”

Looking back at Langzhou, which was already full of green, Xu Ping said: "Collect the troops as soon as possible, and our people will go back and plant rice honestly." Last year's sugar production was already lower than expected, and this year's rice has been replenished. ”

Sang Yi is a pure military general, although he also farmed in the past, but he is not interested in farming here in Zuojiang Province. There was no answer.

Looking at the Jiaozhi military camp outside, after a while, Sang Yi said to Xu Ping: "In this way, let the Jiaozhi people retreat safely." There is always some unwillingness. Speaking of which, since the beginning of the war, we have been stubbornly defending, except for Gao Daquan and 2,000 cavalry to harass the Jiaozhi Grain Road, and we have never taken the initiative to attack. In today's situation, I thought, it is better to attack by surprise once, so that the Jiaozhi people can remember it for a long time! ”

"Attack?" Xu Ping pondered for a long time.

"Not bad! Now there are only thousands of soldiers in the valley, and they are still afraid, and the pressure on the soldiers in the valley is not great. In order to prevent accidents, Han Daocheng's 5,000 cavalry is enough. I have 5,000 Xiang troops under my command, and another 5,000 or 6,000 township soldiers will come out, and if they are led by competent people, they can also rush to the Jiaozhi military camp! ”

Xu Ping looked at the situation in the valley behind him, and then looked at the Jiaozhi military camp in front of him, although it seemed that everything was as usual, but if he looked closely, the military flag was not displayed, and he could vaguely see that some military quarters were being packed.

Seeing that the sun had just reached mid-air, and there was still some time before noon, Xu Ping nodded violently: "Okay, let's attack it!" You go back and prepare, take 5,000 Xiang troops, go down from the opposite mountain, and I will pass the military order in a while, and order Zhang Rong to take 6,000 township soldiers and infantry troops to go down from this side of the mountain, and attack from both sides. Remember, transfer troops behind the earthen wall in the valley, hide the ears and eyes of the Jiaozhi people, and avoid Li Fengxiao from retreating early! ”

Sang Yi received the order and was just about to turn around and leave, when Xu Ping stopped: "Wait, let's go back together, and discuss the manpower and offensive route again." Since you want to fight, then prepare seriously! ”

About an hour later, the sun was about to rise overhead, and Xu Ping returned to the top of the mountain to watch the battle.

At this time, about 6,000 Song infantry gathered behind each hill, waiting for the final military order to prepare for the attack. The south-facing slope was too steep, which prevented the enemy from attacking easily, but it also made it difficult for one's own army to descend from here. The infantry can barely go on, and the cavalry has no choice at all.

When Li Fengxiao was leading his troops to storm the earthen wall, he suddenly heard a deep horn sound from the top of the mountain, suppressing the earth-shattering shouts of killing.

As soon as I looked up, I saw that on the top of the mountain next to me, the Song army troops of the brigade were rushing down the mountain continuously, endlessly, I don't know how many people there were.

"Withdraw! The whole army withdraws! ”

Li Fengxiao shouted at the commander behind him, and he couldn't wait to jump out of the valley.

Li Renyi, who was outside the valley, was in the tent of the Chinese army, drinking the good wine of the cane sugar produced on the opposite side that the soldiers had looted, waiting for Li Fengxiao to come back with peace of mind, and retreating to Thang Long Mansion together.

A soldier ran into the tent from outside, panting and shouting, "Down the mountain, the Song army on the opposite side has gone down the mountain!" ”

Li Renyi stood up abruptly and said unhappily: "What Song army has come down the mountain?" ”

"Great official, the Song army on the opposite side rushed down from the mountain and was already approaching the barracks!"

Li Renyi finally understood, strode out of the tent, looked up, and saw that on the hillside not far ahead, dense soldiers of the Song army like ants were rushing down the mountain.

In the Jiaozhi barracks, there was a sudden boiling, and the panicked Jiaozhi soldiers ran around, shouting loudly: "Go down the mountain!" The Song army on the opposite side rushed down from the mountain! ”

At this time, it is noon, the scorching sun is hanging, the scorching sun has dried the warmth of spring, and the earth has ushered in a difficult midsummer time.

Armed with a steel knife and an iron shovel on his back, Sang Yi slashed down the Jiaozhi soldiers who came up with him, and led people around the Jiaozhi soldiers guarding next to the goose cart cave, and rushed straight to the Jiaozhi military camp not far away.

At a distance of two or three miles, most of the Song troops were lightly armed, and it would not take much time to rush to the ground, and the Jiaozhi army did not even have time to line up, so they rushed out of the barracks and engaged the Song army.

Outside the valley, the Jiaozhi soldiers guarding the passage of the valley mouth watched the Song army of the brigade bypass him and rushed directly to the barracks, not knowing whether to stop it for a while.

At this time, the stone cannons of the Song army in the sky were still flying all over the sky, and the Jiaozhi army entering the valley was slowly retreating.

Li Fengxiao retreated with his soldiers, but the attack of the Song army behind the earthen wall became more and more fierce.

At this time, in the north of Nanlangzhou City, the 4,000 cavalry of the Song army led by Han Daocheng gradually revealed their figures and slowly pressed towards the Jiaozhi army. (To be continued.) )