On the tenth day of the fourth month of the first year of the Republic, late at night, the first quarter moon, which appeared only in the first half of the night, gradually disappeared and was hidden in the darkness of the night.

In the middle of the night, the Wei army garrison stationed at the ferry port of Gongxian on the west bank of the Luoshui River felt that the ground under them was constantly shaking and sinking, and the Wei soldiers who woke up in their sleep jumped out of the tent barefoot in a hurry, and involuntarily let out a terrifying scream together, "Enemy attack!" ”

Like a ghost that suddenly appeared in the night, a phalanx of 10,000 light armored cavalry was rushing towards them! The neat and dense black-armored light cavalry is like a steel wall, and it is like an oncoming sword mountain and a sea of swords, and the gloomy and pitch-black wings stretch out silently, eerie and terrifying. The cracking, piercing sound of horses' hooves rolled like thunder, and they swept and destroyed everything like a whirlwind.

In the face of this terrible torrent of destruction, the fences, tents, and men and horses of the Wei army crumbled like paper paste, and the Wei soldiers who fled for their lives let out a scream of death, which was crushed into powder by this torrent of steel......

Chen Pojun began to attack the Wei army! In the early hours of the morning, 10,000 light armored cavalry first snatched the Luoshui ferry in Gongxian County, chopping thousands of panicked Wei troops into pieces. Immediately, next to the corpse of the Wei army, five pontoon bridges were erected on the surface of the Luoshui River, and the neat and powerful Hebei infantry quickly crossed the wide Luoshui River. At dawn, Chen Pojun's troops unexpectedly appeared behind Li Mi's camp on the west bank of Luoshui.

The successive defeats broke the minds of many Wei soldiers, and the entire army was in a shadow of defeat the night before, and even many soldiers were so passive that they did not even make serious arrangements for their posts. In the last darkness before dawn, a large group of Hebei infantry quietly poured into the empty perimeter of the Wei camp, and countless spear tips flashed in the darkness, like a little spark on the grassland. They quickly occupied the two hills on the left and right flanks of the Wei camp, and quickly set up a series of crossbow beds and catapults.

Everything was ready, Chen Kefu stood on the mountain and gave an order: "Do it!" ”

The soldiers of the engineer battalion began to wind up, reload crossbows, stone bullets, gunpowder packets, gas smoke bombs, fire oil bombs, and pig iron shell flowering shells

"Launch!" As three red signal arrows rose into the dark night sky with a whistling sound, the Hebei Army's offensive officially began.

The former camp of the Wei army was suddenly plunged into a shocking explosion and sky-high fire. The fire bombs scattered and exploded in all directions with a roar in the camp, and countless flaming bomb fragments were splattered and scattered onto nearby tents. Set them on fire one by one. Bursts of yellow choking smoke rose from the smoke and gas bombs in the camp, which soon filled the entire camp in its permeation, and the Wei army, who had just escaped from the tent, could not even find their way and could not breathe because of the choking gas.

The soldiers of the iron crossbow, stone bullets, and flowering bullets of the sapper battalion poured their fire into the Wei army's camp as if they were not at their own expense, and only a few Wei soldiers who kept a little sober could escape from the fire, and jumped out of the camp gate one by one and shouted, "What's the matter? They were answered by sharp arrows. More than 20,000 Wei troops were sealed in the former barracks, and some of them escaped with bare hands. Appearing in front of them were thousands of Hebei soldiers armed with sharp blades.

Chen Kefu also did not expect that this raid would turn into a massacre. In the dark night, more than 20,000 soldiers in the former barracks of the Wei army were blocked in the camp by all kinds of long-range firearms of the Hebei army. In particular, the Wei army generally lacked armor and shields, and how to deal with this new type of attack. When Chen Kefu finally asked the guards to go and give the order for the soldiers to accept the surrender of the Wei army. But I found that not many people could run out of the camp. …,

Rush interrogation. From the mouths of the captives, it was learned that this camp was only a former military camp, and Li Mi's middle and rear military camps were not here, but several miles away.

The captive didn't tell the whole truth, this was not a former military camp, in fact, 20,000 people had been abandoned by Li Mi. After being bitten to the death by the Jianghuai army and fighting for several days. Facing Chen Pojun, who was about to arrive. Li Mi was scared.

In order to avoid falling into the hands of Chen Kefu, Li Mi left 20,000 horses to defend at the foot of the mountain, and he himself took another 60,000 people to camp in the south. As a matter of fact. Although there are two camps, the middle military camp and the rear military camp to the south, they are actually empty camps. As early as as when it was dark, Li Mi had already abandoned the camp and retreated with his people in a hurry, and fled back to Yanshi. Only 20,000 soldiers from the former barracks remained, and they were kept in the dark.

The successive victories in the past few days have made many generals of the Jianghuai Army a little careless, and they have not noticed that Li Mi's golden cicada has come out of its shell. But maybe Wang Xuanying already knew, but why didn't he stop Li Mi, which had another meaning.

Yanshi is only dozens of miles away from the Luokou battlefield, and if Li Mi escapes lightly, he can rush back to Yanshi before dawn. Chen Kefu sighed, feeling careless. While in Tiger Prison, he had a day's rest, albeit ostensibly to recuperate, and to reorganize some of the captives. But in fact, Chen Kefu also had the intention of pausing his steps, wanting Li Mi and Wang Xuanying to tear each other apart again, and finally rush to clean up the battlefield. However, after he waited for a day, Zhang Zhongjian had already sent an urgent report, saying that Wang Xuanying seemed to have sensed his intentions and had the intention of passively avoiding war. Moreover, in the direction of Yanshi, the last soldiers and horses of Wei have already poured out of the country, and they will arrive soon. As a last resort, Chen Pojun came overnight, but he still didn't expect it, he was still a step late, and let Li Mi run first.

"Your Highness, Li Mi has been running for less than two hours, and he must have returned to Yanshi at this time. I think we can send light cavalry to pursue, not to annihilate the enemy, just to drag Li Mi's army. Li Jing, who was dressed in a robe, jumped off his horse and suggested to Chen Pojun.

Li Mi fled with more than 60,000 men, and although nearly half of them were horse-mounted cavalry, more than half were still infantry. The Wei army had been fighting with the Jianghuai army for nearly ten days in a row, and they were already exhausted, and even if they ran away at this time, they would not be able to run much faster. At this time, it is unlikely that Li Mi will lose all the more than 30,000 infantry, and he must let the cavalry escort the infantry to retreat.

Chen Kefu nodded, and stretched out his hand to summon Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Luo Shixin.

"Each of you will take five thousand light horsemen and pursue Li Mi. Remember, don't fight Li Mi hard, just chase after him. Even if Li Mi can't stay, he can't let these more than 60,000 people easily withdraw to Yanshi City! ”

"The Last Will Do Duty"

The three generals received the order, each turned on his horse, and each led five thousand light horsemen to chase west in the night.

Facts have proved that Li Jing's speculation is completely correct.

When the three generals led 15,000 light cavalry to gallop in pursuit, before dawn, they finally caught up with Li Mi's large army about twenty miles away from Yanshi City. The Wei army of more than 60,000 people fled like a frightened bird at this time.

The Wei army, of more than 60,000 people, completely abandoned all the logistical baggage, they abandoned all the vehicles, as well as the camp tents, and logistics supplies. Along the way, there were discarded flags everywhere, as well as heavy shields. There were even many soldiers who discarded their armor, and those who accompanied the army even threw away bundles of feather arrows, long contradictory plates, vehicles, etc.

Li Mi was also quite well commanded, and at the last moment, he still maintained the order of retreat, and more than 60,000 people did not flee. Although the formation was a little scattered, it barely maintained the order of the array. In order to avoid pursuit, Li Mi sent his henchmen Wang Bodang and Meng Haigong to each lead 8,000 cavalry to break off. The 16,000 cavalry behind the apse also made the Wei soldiers who fled all the way feel somewhat calmer. …,

Seeing that Yanshi City was in sight, there was suddenly smoke and dust in the rear, and in the smoke and dust, the military flags fluttering in the wind made the Wei army in an uproar.

Li Mi, who was riding on a horse, changed greatly, and the Hebei army appeared behind so quickly, so the 20,000 soldiers and horses he left behind had basically been destroyed. He only evacuated in the first half of the night, but the Hebei army was able to quickly chase after defeating his 20,000 army, and the sharpness of the Hebei army had already frightened Li Mi.

"King Wei, the rear army came to report, the Hebei army light cavalry came to chase, look at the banner is Qin, Cheng, Luo three generals, all are cavalry, see the number of about fifteen thousand! General Wang Bodang ordered his subordinates to report to the King of Wei, asking the King of Wei to withdraw to Yanshi City quickly, and he and General Meng were willing to be the queen of the palace. "A herald came on horseback.

"Qin, Cheng, Luo, it seems that the three generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, and Luo Shixin have arrived. These three people are Chen Pojun's henchmen and generals, and they have always followed him closely. Since these three people have already led the army to chase after them, it means that Chen Pojun is not far away. Passing on Gu's order, the whole army stopped advancing and set up a formation on the spot. Freeze the Glaive Defensive Array and wait for reinforcements to arrive! Li Mi clenched his teeth, hesitated and struggled for a long time, and finally gave up Wang Bodang's suggestion.

Although he was very happy about Wang Bodang's loyalty, it was Chen Pojun who pursued him instead of Wang Xuanying. Although it is only twenty miles away from Yanshi City, once he is entangled by the Hebei army, these twenty miles may not be his Li Mi's Huangquan Soul Breaking Road. He had already received news last night that Wang Dangren, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, Wang Rail, Sun Changle, Yuan Baobao, Yang Defang and others had come to the aid of all the soldiers and horses of Wei State, and were already assembling to Yanshi. Li Mi believed that as long as he formed a formation here to block Chen Pojun's sharpness, then Wang Dangren's reinforcements would also arrive.

There is no need to retreat, no need to retreat! This battle is a decisive battle!

The soldiers of the Wei army shouted one after another, "That's not the Jianghuai army, it's the Hebei army chasing after you!" ”

"What should I do?"

Wang Bodang, the general of the rear army, rode on a horse and patrolled and shouted: "What are you afraid of! Hebei Jun is also raised by his parents, two eyes and a brand, one knife down, still a big scar! Prepare your position and wait for them to come! His composure and majesty suppressed the commotion of the audience, and the officers slapped the panicked soldier in the face, making him look in the eye: "You! What are you panicking about? Get back in line! The punches and kicks drove them back into place, and the group fell silent.