The valley road between Dongyang Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain, Sun Zhuang led the horse, looked up from the forest tops, the moon was like a thin hook hanging above the leaden blue night sky in the west, illuminating the valley road dimly dim, and the Qijun Taibai tip of more than 300 zhang high in eastern Zhejiang was also clearly visible under the moon.

The wounds on his body had not completely healed, and there was still blood oozing out of the wounded medicine ribbon, Sun Zhuang didn't care, listening to the sound in the night forest. At this point in the night, although most of the road is on horseback, the mountain road is very bumpy, and it is normal for the wound to collapse after only two days of rest. However, as long as you enter the battlefield and your muscles are tightened, this wound is nothing at all.

Even if it is a forbidden mouth, the movement of nearly 3,000 armor soldiers passing through the silent valley road is by no means small, especially when the iron armor walks around, it sounds like it is raining rain, and the birds and beasts in the mountains are frightened.

As long as the Dongyang defenders set up sentry posts around the valley road, it is impossible not to arouse vigilance, and at the moment they can only hope that Dongyang's night sentry will not be placed too far.

Out of the valley road, the terrain is slightly opener, and the west foot of Luohe Mountain goes down, which is the valley plain of western Zhejiang.

The valley of western Zhejiang originally starts from Dongyang, extends to the west until the territory of Xinzhou, Shangrao and Fuzhou, is as long as seven or eight hundred miles, sandwiched between the northern foot of Wuyi Mountain and the hills and mountains of western Zhejiang, Baiji Mountain, the terrain is relatively easy, it is the most important land passage for the Xianxia Mountains in northern Fujian and the central and eastern parts of Zhejiang.

Moreover, Lanxi originates from Dongbai Mountain in the northeast of Dongyang County, goes westward, passes through Yiwu, Lanxi and other counties and then turns to the north, and flows into the Qianjiang River from the west between Tonglu County and Chun'an, which is one of the main tributaries of the upper reaches of the Qianjiang River.

Who would have thought that after Lin Jian arrived in Shengzhou with a small number of guards, he did not start to strengthen the offensive against Shengzhou, but mobilized nearly three-quarters of the troops of the Chongcheng infantry battalion and marched west from the valley road between Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain to attack Dongyang. In Shengzhou, only more than 1,000 soldiers were left to monitor the defenders in the city.

There was a galloping horse galloping back ahead, and I heard the front shouting: "Prepare for battle!" Prepare for battle! The silent procession suddenly boiled, one by one, and the military order to prepare for battle quickly came from the front of the team......

Sun Zhuang knew that he was still far from the enemy, so he was not anxious. However, the two guards behind him, when they heard the military order, they quickly opened the package on the back of the war horse, unfolded the whole set of armor, one quickly helped the war horse to put it on, and the other assisted Sun Zhuang to wear another set of scale armor in addition to the leather armor.

Even if you don't count the inner armor worn by Sun Zhuang, the whole set of heavy riding armor will have a hundred catties with people and horses, and the horse will be wrapped up and walked on a camel, which is very easy.

At this time, Chen Yan walked over from the front, next to Sun Zhuang's side, and said: "The front collided with Dongyang's night spies, and the extravagant Feihu really didn't have the intention of guarding Dongyang, he stopped the main force on the east bank of Taibai Creek, and waited for Zhuji's reinforcements to come up, so he went to fight Shengzhou, the defense on the east bank of Taibai Creek was very simple, and he could crash into it with heavy armor......

"It's just a fence and a horse rejection, it's simple, if there are other traps, it's hard to get out if the heavy armor rider traps in......," Sun Zhuang said, "It's best to send a light horse to go up and step on it first!" ”

"I know," Chen Yan said, "Master Pole, you should also take it easy, I will arrange for the two wings to be scored together, if you see the opportunity is wrong, stop and don't go deep into the ......."

"Damn, back then, you led people to rush forward, fiercer than any grandson, and you have been chilling in the past two years?" Sun Zhuang asked with a sneer.

"People are dead and birds are facing the sky, afraid of begging!" Chen Yan said, "But the soldiers and horses of the luxury family are extraordinary, and they are different from the officers and soldiers who look like paper." If you hit an officer or soldier, you can pierce through it entirely, but if you hit a luxury family and make a hole, it may be a trap, so you can't go alone......"

"Where did you learn these words, it can't be taught to you by your cheap man, right?" Sun Zhuang laughed at him.

"Don't fight bravely, don't retreat, the whole army hears the order to advance and retreat in unison, is the real tiger and wolf division," Zhang Gou walked up from behind and said, "Dengcheng Tiger has really learned a lot of military techniques in the past two years, no wonder he can become a brigade commander this time......"

"Hey, it's not that it's miserable," Chen Yan smiled, "I have suffered a loss, I can't have a long memory at all!" ”

Sun Zhuang smiled, and no longer laughed at the old stains.

Back then, he liked to rely on martial arts to excel in battle, and whenever there was a battle, he took the lead and led dozens of strong soldiers to rush to the front, as if a sharp knife stabbed the enemy formation apart and disrupted it, and the soldiers and horses behind could beat the enemy formation to collapse if they followed. This method of warfare is very effective against officers and soldiers who are weak in combat strength and weak in fighting spirit, but in the hands of the Huaidong Army, they have to endure hardships every time, so that in the first battle of Suining, Sun Zhuang and his men and horses were captured by the Huaidong Army.

Zhang Gou got close and asked Sun Zhuang: "It really doesn't matter if Master Pole is injured, why don't I come to the team to kill him this time?" ”

"If you hurt your leg, you won't get in the way when you ride a horse," Sun Zhuang still had some opinions about Zhang Gou, and his tone was still stiff, and he said, "I put on all the armor, so you came to talk about it?" You are the commander of the army, leading the troops to the top, it's not that you have broken the rules of Huaidong, you better stay and stare at Chen Zhen - don't look at him at this time, he is talking the truth, and when the fight starts later, maybe as soon as his brain is hot and he puts on his armor, he will take the lead and arch in. What kind of temper is this grandson, I don't know yet, can a dog change to eat? ”

Chen Yan smiled, did not refute, turned his head and ordered the two soldiers who followed Sun Zhuang to attack: "Follow the pole master, don't let the horse be surprised!" Then he said to Chen Daozi, "If there is anything wrong with the pole master, I will dismantle your bones!" ”

Chen Zhen Jigong promoted Lin Jian to brigade commander before the battle, and was responsible for leading his troops to attack Dongyang, Zhang Gou still accompanied him as a general who commanded the army, and Sun Zhuang was promoted to a sentry general, responsible for leading the few cavalry in the Chongcheng infantry battalion.

In the era of cold weapons and fierce warfare, personal bravery is still the strongest color in war.

Although Sun Zhuang was still an ordinary soldier before the war, he attacked Hukou Village, landed at Tiegang and attacked Shengzhou, killing no less than 20 enemies in several battles, so Wu Yong naturally quickly established his personal reputation in the army. In particular, the soldiers who were added in the later stage of the Chongcheng infantry battalion, most of them were subordinate troops of the Wandering People's Army, and they were no strangers to the name "Sun Pole", not to mention the promotion of the sentry general from the line of fire of the big head soldiers, even if they were promoted to be battalion generals and brigade commanders, there would not be many accidents among the generals below.

In order to avoid disturbing Dongyang, Shangyu's reinforcements deliberately delayed and could not come up, and the Huaidong army besieging Shengzhou was mainly composed of 4,000 soldiers and horses of the Chongcheng infantry battalion by the 28th.

Those who secretly arrived in Shengzhou with Lin Tie, in addition to more than 200 guards, brought more than 100 sets of horse armor. In the eyes of the scouts of the luxury family, this little force is just a baggage team that sends supplies, and it can't arouse enough vigilance.

In addition to the cavalry battalion led by Zhou Pu in Chongzhou, each infantry battalion also has a small number of cavalry, and there are more than 100 sets of horse armor brought up by Lin Tie, and the Chongcheng infantry battalion can also make up two teams of heavy armor to ride out.

The delay here is only a short time, the two sentry posts of the Dongyang defenders on the periphery of the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain have been cleared, Sun Zhuang put on heavy armor and stepped on horseback with the assistance of the sword and shield soldiers, and entered the attack position at the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain.

Sun Zhuang led his troops to attack from the center of the heavy armored cavalry of more than 120 horses, plus twice the number of sword and shield soldiers, lined up in three columns, the entire array spread out more than 40 zhang wide, and there was also a battalion of armored soldiers on each wing, attacking in coordination.

The sky was clear, the crescent moon was thin and transparent, it was already dawn, the horse's chew was untied, the war horse was neighing, caught in the wind whistling, extraordinarily thorough.

In front of the battle array, the camp on the east bank of Taibai Creek revealed a vague shape. On the gentle slope to the west, the grass is separated, and nearly 100 armored light horsemen have galloped out to attack, divided into two teams, and crossed and rushed directly to the right flank of the camp on the east bank of Taibai Creek. The first is to restrict the extravagant Feihu from sending troops out of the camp to line up on the right flank for defense, and the second is to step out the possible pitfalls on the right flank of the camp to avoid the heavy armored cavalry trapped in it and unable to get out.

The defenders on the east bank of Taibai Creek were mainly led by the reinforcements led by the Luxury Flying Tiger from southern Zhejiang, with more than 5,000 elites, galloping north from Yongjia and arriving in Tiantai County on the 27th. Because the Chongcheng infantry battalion was ready to send reinforcements on the outskirts of Shengzhou, and the road from Tiantai to Shengzhou was too dangerous, Hao Feihu led his troops from Tiantai to the west to move to Dongyang on the 28th, and wanted to join the reinforcements from Huiji, and then march east from the valley road between Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain to receive reinforcements from Shengzhou.

Taibai Creek is the upper reaches of the Lanxi River, and the Luxury Flying Tiger led his troops into Dongyang, which is naturally on the east bank of the Taibai River, and the Dongyang City is on the west bank of the Taibai River.

The reinforcements led by the Luxury Feihu were mainly foot soldiers, and they walked nearly 500 miles in four days, and they were extremely tired, and the camp was still hastily built with the assistance of the defenders of Dongyang, and they planned to rest in Dongyang for two days first.

Luxury Feihu's strategy was not wrong, he did not go north from Tiantai County directly to Shengzhou, compared to the past, he was already quite cautious. What he didn't expect was that Lin Feihu's troops in Shengzhou were only more than 4,000 people, and he had to guard against the situation of more than 2,000 defenders in Shengzhou City, so he would resolutely leave Shengzhou and send the main force to attack Dongyang.

The outlying sentinels rushed back to warn, and the extravagant flying tiger only got half an hour of warning time.

Half an hour of preparation time can only make the sleeping five thousand tired armor soldiers hurriedly wake up and put on armor to line up, and the first two teams of men and horses to go out of the camp to intercept are not well prepared, and they will soon be disrupted by the two teams of light cavalry that are rushing forward.

The Fei Tiger could realize the weakness of the right flank of the camp, and the entire camp spread along the east bank of Taibai Creek, which was obviously too narrow and long, and once it was broken through from the flank, it would be very passive.

Hearing the sound of the wind mixed with the neighing of war horses, the Luxury Flying Tiger must establish an interception array with a bow and crossbow, a high shield, and a simple rejection horse on the slope of the right flank in the shortest possible time, so as to pull out a certain depth to avoid the Huaidong Army from directly breaking the base!

The camp on the east bank of Taibai Creek was built on the gentle slope near the bank, while the attack position of the main force of the Chongcheng infantry battalion was on the gentle slope of the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain, and in the middle was a wide ditch. In the summer and autumn rainstorm season, this wide ditch is a flood channel, but at this time it is overgrown with weeds, not even shrubs, and it has become a smooth passage for marching and the main position of the bloody battle in Dongyang......

Since the reinforcements of the luxury family in Zhuji could rush to Dongyang in one day, leaving little time for the Huaidong army to attack Dongyang, Chen Yan and Zhang Gou decided to put sixty percent of the soldiers and horses into the first batch of offensive at the beginning. Since the current position had been filled up, no matter how many troops could not be deployed, they ordered the remaining two battalions of soldiers to spread out along the slope of the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain to the two flanks, looking for a new attack channel.

As long as the frontal battlefield led by Sun Zhuang could gain an advantage, they would not hesitate to order the last two battalions of armor to attack again, and strive to unfold all the 3,000 cavalry soldiers in the shortest possible time, and launch a stormy attack on the camp of the Hao family on the east bank of Taibai River.