Wei Tianqing knew that something was wrong, but the situation was already very chaotic at this time, the rushing flood rushed across the riverbed, cutting off the Xishan army from the middle, and the soldiers on both sides of the river bank obviously did not realize that the catastrophe was coming, and there was chaos.

"Assemble in a team." Wei Tianqing heard the sound of the horn and knew that he had been ambushed, and at this time, he didn't care about the soldiers in the river, so he rode on horseback and roared loudly: "Stand in formation, the enemy is coming!" ”

Although the scene was chaotic, the soldiers near Wei Tianqing heard Wei Tianqing's shout, but they still quickly assembled in formation, and small phalanxes quickly gathered.

Wei Tianqing was wielding his knife to command, suddenly, he heard the sound of the earthquake shaking the mountain, the earth seemed to tremble, his pupils contracted, and he looked at the opposite bank, in the dark night, the starlight was dim, and he didn't see far, but Wei Tianqing had already seen that from the flank of the opposite riverbank, a group of cavalry was like a dark cloud in the night, quickly swept towards the Xishan army that was still in a state of chaos.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves and the surging sound of the flood joined together, and the silence of the night was completely broken.

"Quickly form a formation!" Wei Tianqing almost desperately roared to the other side, "The cavalry is here!" ”

The full moon scimitar is like a whirlwind.

Although many soldiers on the other side have come to their senses and noticed that a group of cavalry is approaching, but in a hurry, it is difficult to form a formation at all, and the nearly 1,000 cavalry who crossed the river reacted, and in the hurry, the cavalry general shouted loudly, and the Xishan cavalry could not assemble in such a short time under this chaotic situation, but could only meet the enemy cavalry who were killed on the flank in the shouts of the generals.

Hundreds of Xishan cavalry scattered to meet them, but they wanted to buy time for the infantry formation, but the opponent's cavalry came straight in a fan-shape, like a sharp blade, the cavalry on both sides was like two boulders, and they hit each other fiercely, and for a time the sound of killing was everywhere, screaming again and again, the strength of the enemy cavalry obviously exceeded the Xishan cavalry, and in comparison, the equestrian skills of the opposing cavalry were also significantly beyond the Xishan cavalry.

The infantry generals behind were in a hurry, and they also shouted loudly, so that the chaotic soldiers quickly assembled into a formation, the shield bearers quickly formed a line in the front, and then the pikemen hurriedly gathered in formation, and the cavalry on both sides were entangled together.

At this moment, the screams from the rear could be heard, and the soldiers who had been hastily lined up heard the continuous screams from the rear, and turned back one after another, only to see a chaotic rear area, and heard someone shouting loudly from behind: "There are cavalry!" ”

Wei Tianqing's face was pale, although the situation on both sides of the Liuzi River seemed very chaotic, but he was still clear about the enemy's intentions, and broke the embankment to release the water, which was naturally carefully premeditated, that is, when the Xishan Army crossed the river, he used the flood impact to cut off the Xishan Army, and the Xishan Army In this case, it is naturally impossible to maintain calm, this army and horses, although there are a small number of Janissaries, but the main force is the local state army and the newly recruited soldiers, although the Praetorian Guards are very strong in combat, but the number is too small, The combat strength of the local state army is completely incomparable with that of the Praetorian Guard, and even the newly recruited soldiers, although they have been trained day and night, most of the soldiers have mastered the basic combat skills, but they are inexperienced, and many have not even experienced the real battlefield.

Weekday drills and battlefield battles are completely different things, and the bursting of the embankment and the discharge of the flood have already frightened many soldiers, and the enemy army has taken this opportunity to kill, making the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

Wei Tianqing knew that the cavalry that appeared on the opposite flank must be the ambush of the Northwest Army.

Before, he just thought that the Northwest Army was going all out to attack Tongzhou, but at this moment, he woke up to the fact that the siege of Tongzhou was fake, and the real purpose of the Northwest Army was obviously to come to the main force of the Xishan Army guarding Liangzhou, and the Liuzi River was the ambush site of the Northwest Army.

Thinking of this, Wei Tianqing's heart has sunk to the bottom, and the other party thinks that he has no intention of calculating or not, and carefully arranged, tonight's battle is probably more auspicious.

The cavalry on both flanks of the Northwest Army does not seem to be in love with the war, nor is it too entangled with the Xishan Army, the war horses are vertical and horizontal, maintaining the formation, although a part of the Northwest cavalry and the Xishan cavalry are entangled and fighting together, but the cavalry is galloping in the Xishan Army formation, and the Xishan Infantry Army finally formed a formation, and has not yet given orders, it has been scattered by the Northwest Cavalry.

Wei Tianqing is a veteran of the battlefield, seeing the situation on the opposite side, he has already estimated the number of cavalry on the other side, and the cavalry in the northwest this time will be three or four thousand people, to say the least.

"Your Excellency!" The voice of one of the guards behind him changed, "Look! ”

Wei Tianqing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around, but found that under the night, from his rear, there was a dense figure, which was a neatly formed infantry formation, a small phalanx, forming a huge military formation, with the shield hand in front and the spearman behind, slowly approaching the river.

"They've been lying in ambush behind us for a long time." The guard's throat was dry, "My lord, we have been ambushed!" ”

"Don't mess around!" Wei Tianqing waved his sword and shouted: "Set up the formation and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

Behind him, the northwest army formation moved from slow to fast, like a torrent of black steel, speeding up and rapidly advancing towards the river.

The generals of the Xishan Army shouted loudly, barely forming a formation, and at this time, they heard the rumbling war drums in the opponent's army array, and the generals of the Xishan Army shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill!" ”

The Xishan Army, which was barely assembled in formation, immediately raised its guns and rushed forward to meet the Northwest Army behind them.

The armor was sonorous, the earth was shaken, the sound of fighting sounded instantly, and the rapids in the river corresponded, and the two sides quickly touched each other, falling into hand-to-hand combat, Yin Hong's blood kept gushing out, spears poked out, machetes broke, groups of people fell, blood overflowed.

On the opposite side of the riverbank, the Northwest Cavalry disrupted the lineup of the Xishan Army, and under the starry sky, a group of infantry appeared on the ground like ghosts, they seemed to suddenly emerge from under the earth, the spears were shining, and the cold knives were like mangs, and they quickly rushed towards the chaotic Xishan Army formation, their numbers were not above the Xishan Army, but the fierce murderous aura was chilling.

Although the speed is extremely fast, the formation is not chaotic at all.

The Xishan Army marched for days, was already very tired, and wanted to eat and rest after crossing the river, but it didn't expect the Northwest Army to suddenly kill, caught off guard, many people were hungry in their stomachs, where was there any strength, the two armies were fighting, there were many factors of victory and defeat, and tactics and strategy were of course extremely important, in addition, morale, equipment, physical fitness, and the number of troops were also the elements of victory or defeat on both sides.

The equipment of the Xishan Army is not weaker than the Northwest Army, and even stronger than the Northwest Army, but the Northwest Army ambushed here, waiting for work, and the body is naturally above the Xishan Army, and the Xishan Army was first flooded, and then ambushed, and the morale was already low to the bottom.

The Xishan army was cut into two sections, in comparison, the soldiers and horses who had not yet crossed the river under the command of Wei Tianqing could barely meet the battle, but the soldiers after crossing the river, the two wings were attacked by the northwest cavalry, although it was not said that it was crushed at one touch, but it made many Xishan soldiers frightened, behind them was the turbulent Liuzi River, from the two wings came the northwest knights riding high-headed war horses to stab back and forth, and the northwest infantry formation in the north had already closed up, standing up and stabbing with spears.

Although the Xishan army was at a disadvantage, most of the people were panicked, but there were still many Xishan soldiers who struggled to resist, although the folk customs of Xishan Road were not as good as the northwest wilderness, but they were also quite resolute, and the two sides were strangled together.

On both sides of the Liuzi River, the two sides will be dense like ants.

Wei Tianqing had already taken the lead at this time, leading the troops to rush to the front, resisting the Northwest Army attacking from behind, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from the side, Wei Tianqing knew that it was going to be bad, turned his head to look, and sure enough, a group of cavalry appeared again from the flank, the number was not much, and it was only as many as hundreds of horses, but these hundreds of horses suddenly appeared, and the blow to the Xishan Army was fatal.

The Xishan Army hurriedly lined up, all of its energy was used to deal with the enemy attacking from behind, and the flanks were not protected at all, even if Wei Tianqing wanted to form protection on the flanks, but under such circumstances, it was already very difficult to form a frontal battle formation, and it was undoubtedly whimsical to form a protective array on the flanks.

The Northwest Army seems to have expected this for a long time, knowing that the flank of the Xishan Army is difficult to form protection, so it dispatched hundreds of horsemen to attack, if the flank has a protective array, even if the Northwest Cavalry is brave, but only a few hundred horsemen, but it still can't form a fatal blow to the Xishan Army, but under the current situation, these hundreds of cavalry are like a sharp dagger that suddenly strikes, stabbing at the enemy's softest underbelly, and between the galloping horses, hundreds of horsemen have already rushed up, and they rushed into the Xishan Army formation in an instant, The Xishan military formation was instantly rushed to pieces.

The Northwest Army is in a neat formation, while the Xishan Army is in a messy formation, which is like a heavily armed samurai, attacking a person who is in a hurry with gaps all over his body, how can the Xishan Army be able to resist.

Although there was no shortage of brave men in the Xishan Army, they tried their best to resist, but in the face of the Northwest Army, which was in a neat lineup and waiting for work, it was indeed forced to retreat step by step, and the soldiers in the river were moving forward regardless of the rapids, and the companions who were forced to retreat were huddled together and trampled on each other, and many people did not die in the hands of the enemy, but died tragically at the feet of their own people.

Wei Tianqing shouted loudly, but he wanted the soldiers to spread to the two wings, and then outflank from the two wings, but there were also many soldiers who scattered to the two wings, but they did not follow Wei Tianqing's orders to organize a formation from the two wings to outflank the enemy, but the wolf bèi fled, and for a time the soldiers who were in close contact with the Northwest Army fought hard to resist, while more people fled to both sides, and they had already formed a trend of disintegration. R1058