The hoplites swept through like a bolt of thunder, breaking through all the coalition forces that stood in their way.

Lucher stood on top of the castle's tower, jumping to his feet in anger.

The only thing that made him happy was that although this fierce cavalry seemed to have five or six thousand people, it would undoubtedly be a fool's dream if such a small number of people wanted to defeat his own army of 200,000. While holding back the anger in his heart, he gave orders, shouting for the heralds to send orders to the generals of the coalition army, so that they could encircle and annihilate this court cavalry.

No one paid attention to the east side where the imperial cavalry appeared, and even the soldiers on the east side of the coalition army, who had just been frightened by the heavy cavalry, were wiping the sweat from their foreheads one by one at this time, and stood scattered everywhere to calm the moment of panic just now. Although there were orders to gather from time to time, the soldiers below were grinding, and no one was willing to rush to face the fierce ghost-like court cavalry immediately.

Li Benlei wore a snow-white cloak, straddled the horse, and watched the impact of heavy riding.

When he saw that the heavy cavalry had already rushed past the position of Lujiabao in the center, and most of the Lujia soldiers and horses in Lujiabao had already left the city and pursued westward, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He didn't attack with the heavy cavalry just now, just to lure out the soldiers and horses in Lujiabao. Otherwise, if the soldiers and horses of the Lu family do not come out, then this strong castle will be very troublesome to attack at that time.

Now that most of the soldiers and horses in the castle have left the fort, all the coalition forces have set their sights on the broken barracks heading west. Even these soldiers of the Eastern Alliance, who had just been attacked, had now relaxed their vigilance, but they were not half prepared.

"Chuan Ben Shuai ordered that the greedy wolf battalion of 3,000 light cavalry, and the 2,000 martial cavalry battalion light cavalry, immediately led the light cavalry to cover the back of the enemy. Break through the rebels' formation as quickly as possible, and don't entangle with the enemy, just break through the enemy's formation. Follow the direction of the heavy rider and follow the cover all the way. ”

"The remaining 40,000 infantry, Ben led 20,000 horses and horses as the central army, Chen Lin led 10,000 people as the left wing, and Chen Shan led 10,000 people as the right wing. Drive the rebels to the west and completely annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop! ”

"Order!"

"Attack, kill~"

At the sound of an order, 5,000 light cavalry took the lead in galloping. Fight it out of the night.

The rumbling sound of iron hooves made the faces of the soldiers in the east of the coalition army who had survived the catastrophe change wildly one by one, and they all turned their heads to look east.

But in the darkness of the night, another cavalry came out of the darkness and rolled in.

"Enemy cavalry, the cavalry of the imperial court is here again!"

There was a shout, and this time none of the coalition soldiers tried to stop it again. All the soldiers ran away with their legs, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs.

Light riding ahead. They didn't kill the coalition soldiers along the way, they just drove them westward like sheep. But if there are generals who try to gather and counterattack, then there will be light cavalry rushing wildly, and a ** like a tide of impact, so that it will be completely defeated. Once the array of resistance broke and the coalition forces broke up and were defeated to the west, the light cavalry of the court no longer pursued them.

And so on and so forth. No one dared to gather troops to resist again. Even if some of the clan generals gave orders, no one paid attention to those soldiers, and all of them just fled all the way to the west.

The light cavalry galloped forward, and many of the scattered coalition soldiers gradually fell behind them, and those who did not have the light cavalry to chase after them had not yet come and breathed a sigh of relief. I saw countless roaring footsteps behind me, and I saw that the dense imperial infantry in the dark night was rushing towards them in a wide infantry formation.

The crossbow machine in the hands of the officers and soldiers was dark and shiny, the buzzing strings sounded, and the hundreds of allied soldiers who fell behind were instantly overwhelmed by the crossbow arrows.

"Run!" …,

The coalition soldiers flew out of the sky and had to run forward again.

Like a reaper of life. The infantry of the Liaodong Army slowly advanced forward, and in front of them were the non-commissioned soldiers of the coalition forces who were several times faster than them. Although there are many coalition forces, everyone is already frightened, and no one can organize a counterattack.

"Great King, something is wrong, the army of the imperial court has come from behind. The soldiers and horses behind were all routed. ”

A Coalition lieutenant rode his horse straight from behind, and quickly arrived at Lucher, who was leading the pursuit of the heavy cavalry.

"How many are there?"

"There are tens of thousands of cavalry in the front, and there are still 60,000 or 70,000 infantry in the back, and they have already defeated all the soldiers and horses behind."

Lucher almost fainted, tens of thousands of cavalry. Sixty or seventy thousand infantry, the court really looks up to me. There are so many soldiers and horses who have been transferred.

But after thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible, where did the imperial court get so many soldiers and horses.

"Impossible, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have long been transferred to various battlefields, the closest soldiers and horses to Yuyang, only the soldiers and horses of Linyu Pass and Beijing City and Jundu Pass, even if they add up, there may be seventy or eighty thousand people, where did the imperial court get so many soldiers and horses to kill? What's more, this king has long sent scouts to monitor Linyu, the military capital and Beijing City, and there is no news about the transfer of the imperial army, how can there be seventy or eighty thousand people killed now? ”

The lieutenant's face was full of tears, "The king, the last general doesn't know this, but the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have indeed been killed." All the brethren who tried to stop were defeated, and now they are in the back. ”

Hearing the lieutenant's words, Lucher panicked.

He was able to gather so many soldiers and horses, but because the Lu family was the largest clan in northern Hebei, and the three Lu clans supported him, he was able to sit in the position of King Yan and gather more than 200,000 clan coalition troops.

But now, he panicked.

Just 5,000 cavalry had already broken through their company camp, and no one could stop them.

Now there are 10,000 cavalry, and there are still 60,000 or 70,000 infantry behind, how can they stop it.

"This, how is this good?" He asked in a panic.

Lu Che's younger brother frowned and said, "Tonight, the enemy is suddenly attacked, the formation is in chaos, and now the imperial army is killing from behind, but it is irresistible. Great King, it is better for us to retreat into Lujiabao first, with this strong fortress, the family can block the enemy from the outside. Wait until tomorrow and dawn, and we will reorganize our troops and horses, and it will not be too late to fight with the imperial court. ”

When Lu Che heard this, he hurriedly said excitedly, "Yes, yes, what Lu Duan said is very true. It is no longer suitable to fight again tonight, so immediately send an order to return to Lujiabao as soon as possible. ”

Lucher's order was passed to the various teams, and as soon as everyone heard that they had returned to the castle, they all nodded happily in agreement. They all already knew that there was another army of the imperial court behind them, and if they continued to fight like this, they would not have destroyed the heavy cavalry that was galloping like lightning in front, and they would be wiped out by the imperial army behind.

In the dark night, they fought with the imperial court, and they suffered the most. Most of the soldiers in the coalition army were peasants and slaves, and they fought in the dark and night, and they didn't have much combat effectiveness, and they landed a lot.

Most of the allied forces were not active in the pursuit of the hoplites, but when they heard that they had retreated into the castle, they became more and more active, and soon they were already united with Lucher's Chinese troops.

The chaotic coalition forces left behind the soldiers who were still being trampled by heavy cavalry in the west, and turned around and rushed towards Lujiabao behind them.

The sudden turn of the coalition forces also surprised Li Benlei.

Riding on his horse and looking at Lujiabao behind him, Li Benlei ordered to stop advancing.

The rebels turned back so quickly, they were already prepared, and at this time, forcibly driving the rout army forward would not achieve the planned success.

Li Benlei sent 5,000 infantry to surround Lujiabao, and then stopped at 500 paces west of Lujiabao with the remaining 35,000 infantry and lined up to meet the enemy. …,

Five thousand light horsemen were also brought back to guard the two wings.

When the coalition army knew that Lujiabao had been surrounded by the imperial soldiers and horses and blocked behind them, they had to slow down and spend nearly an hour regrouping their troops and horses.

After a night of tearing and killing, the sky gradually brightened, and within a radius of dozens of miles from Lujiabao, the scene of the original camp was gone, and all that remained was the messy snow, and the chaos of destruction with smoke everywhere.

At that time, the main forces of the two armies began to meet.

There was light snow in the sky, thousands of troops and horses were floating in the snow and mist, and the battle line was winding and turbulent like a long snake.

When it was full of dawn, the rebels took the initiative to fight. The coalition forces approached like dark clouds, their ranks covering the entire land, the black oppressive wings stretched out for a long time, with no end in sight, and the rising dust covered the sky and the sound of "rustling" footsteps continued to sound.

Li Benlei sneered: "Jumping beam clown, dare to come out arrogant!" ”

Although the rebels were numerous, he was not afraid, if the rebels took advantage of the night last night to flee in all directions, hiding and fighting guerrilla warfare with themselves, it would really be difficult to deal with, but if they want to fight in the field, they are not worthy.

Although some of the soldiers in the rebels were veterans of war, most of them were ordinary people and slaves of the clan who rushed to the army. And his subordinates are all well-disciplined and battle-hardened soldiers, extremely brave, all of them are the most experienced veterans, they have participated in the battle of Liaodong, experienced the battle of the grassland, the battle of Hebei. Li Benlei believed that with this Tiger and Leopard infantry alone, he would be enough to sweep away the rebels, not to mention that he still had a full 10,000 cavalry!

In last night's battle, although it failed to completely defeat and annihilate the coalition army, it also completely shocked and dealt a blow to this rebel army. Moreover, the rebels were successfully lured away from the fortified Lujiabao, and the morale of the rebels was now at its lowest. Now the rebels are going to fight a field battle with themselves, and they are looking for death.

Zhang He's heavy cavalry had exhausted their strength after breaking through the company camp last night, and finally returned to the camp with 5,000 light cavalry. The five thousand heavy cavalry were not killed or wounded, most of them were out of strength, and as soon as the armor was removed, the men and horses were exhausted. In a short period of time, he was no longer able to go to the battlefield.

However, Li Benlei was not worried, even without the participation of heavy cavalry, with the soldiers and horses in his hands, he could still annihilate this rebel army.

Standing at the front of the array, Li Benlei rode his war horse and walked slowly, "Destroy this morning food!" ”

Tens of thousands of imperial soldiers and horses shouted in unison: "Destroy this imperial eclipse!" ”