Pei Xingyan led the cavalry to attack the logistics baggage just to intercept the retreat of the thief army, and at the same time as the cavalry attacked, the Sui army hiding in the forest also launched an attack on the main force of the thief army.

At this time, 10,000 thieves were lying on the grass and sleeping soundly, wrapped in blankets, and they had no idea that there would be ambushes here.

Even including Wang Bo, after entering Lu County, his last trace of vigilance disappeared, no matter what, the Sui army should have done it a long time ago if they wanted to ambush them, and it would never be delayed until now, and they would not do it until two hundred miles after entering Lu County, this is impossible, it can only show that his strategy of sneaking up on Qi County is about to succeed.

It was because of the stability in his heart that Wang Bo also fell asleep in extreme exhaustion.

Suddenly, a rapid bangzi sound suddenly sounded in the night sky, following the bangzi sound, thousands of long arrows shot out like a torrential rain, rushing towards the thief soldiers who were sleeping soundly on the grass, only to hear a terrible scream, countless thief soldiers were shot, rolling on the ground in pain.

Many soldiers woke up in their sleep, got up in a panic, and the grass was in a mess, followed by thousands of long arrows shooting overwhelmingly, dense like rain, and a large number of thieves were planted by arrows.

At this time, Wang Bo had also woken up from his sleep, and he immediately understood what was happening, so anxious that he shouted loudly: "Quickly assemble to fight!" ”

But his voice was too small and drowned out by the cries of defeat and fear from the soldiers.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The war drums of the Sui army's attack sounded.

Zhang Xuan waved his sword and hissed, "Brothers! The time of heroes has come, let the thieves tremble under our swords! ”

The Sui army roared in unison, horizontal knives and spears cut out a monstrous murderous aura, and five hundred cavalry killed from the south, as fast as thunder, with a devastating momentum. Sweep away the devastated army of thieves.

The six thousand Sui army slaughtered into the chaotic thief army like a tidal wave, the thief army was already in turmoil, they had no intention of resisting, and collapsed in an instant, they scattered and fled, crying and screaming. The human head rolled under the hooves of the Sui army, and the cry turned into a scream of death.

It was night, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and although the armor of the thieves was similar to that of the Sui army, their white helmets and large patches of white on their chests were still clearly recognizable, allowing the Sui army to slaughter without difficulty.

Wang Bo saw that his army was powerless to resist, and that he had been completely defeated, and could no longer organize resistance, so he had to lead two hundred henchmen and his own soldiers to flee to the southwest in a hurry.

His heart was filled with sorrow. How much of the 10,000 army will be left in the end can only depend on the will of God.

Most of the people instinctively fled to the south, but were intercepted by 500 cavalry, and the soldiers were cornered and surrendered one after another, begging the Sui army to spare their lives.

In this battle, the thieves were bloodied and corpses were strewn all over the field. More than 4,000 of the 10,000 thieves were killed, and less than 1,000 escaped. The rest of the thieves surrendered.

However, the Sui army suffered less than 100 casualties, which became the most glorious battle since the Sui army conquered Langya County in the south.

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In Songcheng County, Liang County, Zhang Xutuo's counterattack also encountered a head-on attack by the Wagang army, and near Longhuan Town, about 20 miles south of Songcheng County, the 6,000 vanguard led by Zhang Xutuo himself was surrounded by tens of thousands of Wagang troops.

Zhang Xutuo's eyes looked coldly around the field, and he could already hear the shouts of killing and the sound of thunderous war drums coming from the front and back, left and right. I saw that a dense Wagang army appeared from all directions, most of them were infantry, and judging from Zhang Xutuo's experience, it should be no less than 30,000 people.

Zhang Xutuo's judgment was very accurate, a full 30,000 troops. Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin, and Hao Xiaode each led 10,000 people to surround the Sui army in a zigzag shape.

This operation against the Sui army was planned by Zhai Rang himself, and the three armies were like a huge hunting net, quickly closing in on the prey, but when they were about 400 steps away from Zhang Xutuo's army, the 30,000 Wagang army stopped.

It's as if the prey is a ferocious lion, and no one dares to step forward to catch the prey, under normal circumstances, they are waiting for the lion to die by himself, not to mention that the other party is the world-famous Zhang Xutuo.

The Wagang army was defeated by Zhang Xutuo in Jibei County, and everyone still has lingering palpitations, no one dares to attack, but everyone is eager to get the best trophy, Zhang Xutuo's head.

"Pass my order, and whoever gets Zhang Xutuo's head will have a reward of five thousand taels!" Zhai Rang made the biggest blood capital, and the 30,000 Wagang army began to move.

Zhang Xutuo smiled coldly, this scene seemed to be expected by him, he only led 6,000 troops north as bait, that is, to lure the Wagang army out of the city for a decisive battle.

Zhang Xutuo ordered in a deep voice: "Crossbow formation!" ”

In the siege of the heavy army, Zhang Xutuo's 6,000 crossbow army quickly formed a circle formation, two large circles inside and outside, one step between the soldiers in the outer circle, and one step away from the soldiers in the inner circle, and the outer ring of soldiers are also one step apart, staggered with the outer ring, so that the two sides can enter and exit, forming two shots.

Each Sui soldier had a horned crossbow in his hand.

This is a two-stone crossbow with a bow body length of three feet and a string length of two feet five, a range of up to 200 paces, and an effective killing range of 150 paces.

Due to its long range, it is slightly difficult to wind and must be combined with arm strength and pedals, but after a long period of intensive training, the crossbowmen can also wind it skillfully and can wind it in the shortest possible time.

The arrows are also carefully crafted by the best craftsmen of the Ordnance Superintendent, and the arrows are one foot long, and the tips of the arrows are in the shape of elongated drops, which are sharper, faster, and better armor penetrating.

Six thousand crossbowmen formed two large circles inside and outside, and six thousand horned crossbows were coldly aimed at the enemy troops three hundred paces away, and the two sides formed a confrontation situation.

But this confrontation situation only lasted for a moment, Hao Xiaode's army in the northwest took the lead in attacking, and then the Shan Xiongxin Department in the northeast also attacked, but the 10,000 Zhai Rang army in the north did not move, they waved their flags and shouted, beating drums and cheering.

Zhai Rang had a trace of doubt, the world-famous Zhang Xutuo should not fall into an ambush so easily, what is his idea?

The 20,000 Wagang army came from the left and right directions, the momentum was like a sea of mountains, it was shocking, but Zhang Xutuo was motionless, he was confident, and he was not panicked, Zhang Xutuo saw that although the army in the north shouted to kill the sky, but did not actually attack, he quickly adjusted the formation in his heart, and changed from a circle formation to a half-moon array, and the launch surface was larger.

Although the Sui army was only 6,000 people, they were as dignified as Mount Tai, one by one, their eyes were cold, and they aimed at the Wagang army that was rushing in their faces, they did not have the slightest fear and retreat, and the powerful murderous aura exuded by the 6,000 group was no less than that of the 2,000 Wagang army.

The Wagang army is rapidly rushing towards the Sui army, three hundred steps.... Two hundred and fifty steps..... Two hundred steps.... One hundred and fifty paces, Hao Xiaode's army in the northwest took the lead in entering the killing distance.

A rapid sound of bangzi suddenly sounded in the ranks of the Sui army, followed by the sound of bangzi, three thousand crossbow arrows shot out like a torrential rain, and pounced on the dense Wagang soldiers.

Immediately after that, the three thousand crossbowmen in the inner circle strode forward, and another three thousand crossbow arrows shot out vigorously, dense as rain, and eight or nine hundred soldiers were killed by arrows.

After a round of shooting, the soldiers quickly retreated, and the three thousand crossbowmen who had just finished shooting had already loaded the crossbow arrows, and stepped forward to fire again, gradually, the Sui soldiers had formed a tacit understanding, they were no longer one after the other, but sent arrows side by side, everyone formed a time difference with the comrades next to them, a round of arrows was shot, and another round of arrows was fired immediately.

Lifting the string, drawing arrows, falling into the groove, shooting, almost in one go, the action is extremely skillful, so that the arrow array does not have any pause, as comfortable as flowing clouds, the overwhelming arrows are shot round by round towards the enemy army formation, in a short distance of 100 steps, five rounds of 30,000 arrows have been shot, and the dead and wounded of the Wagang army have been close to 8,000.

The soldiers of the Wagang Army were frightened by the powerful arrow array and bloody casualties of the other side, and more and more soldiers began to turn around and flee.

Hao Xiaode's army was the first to collapse, and the whole army retreated and withdrew from the siege.

Zhai Rang was shocked to see that the crossbow army of the Sui army was so sharp, and Hao Xiaode's army had retreated, leaving only Shan Xiongxin's army, so that there would be a hole in the strength of the unilateral battle, and the Sui army could calmly withdraw from this loophole.

He immediately shouted: "Collect the troops!" ”

Collect the gong when the gong sounds! While! While! The ground rang, and the disadvantaged Wagang army retreated like a tide, and retreated three hundred paces away, and after a few moments, there was silence on the battlefield, leaving only corpses and wailing wounded soldiers.

At this moment, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand, "Order the main force to attack!" ”

The battle flag was waved high, which was the signal of the attack, and the more than 10,000 Sui troops who were lying in ambush two miles away saw the signal of the attack and killed the battlefield from the east and west.

The Wagang army suddenly panicked, Zhai Rang realized that he had been fooled, and the Sui army was luring him out of the city, so he hissed and ordered: "Quickly withdraw the army and return to the city!" ”

Suddenly, there was a great chaos behind the Wagang army, and an army of thousands killed from behind the Wagang army, which was extremely sharp, and immediately disrupted the position of the main force of the Wagang army.

Zhang Xutuo was also stunned, where is this army? (To be continued.) )