The chaotic Gao Yingxiang camp gradually quieted down as teams of soldiers left the camp and set off. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a dark corner, three minions gathered together and discussed something softly. Then, one of them broke away from the main force and quietly disappeared into the night.

The departure was too hasty and chaotic, so no one noticed the disappearance of this person. Even, no one noticed that he was secretly hiding a horse not far away.

Jiejia Village is still 25 miles away from Hancheng.

Qin Shuhuai ordered the front army to stand by, and the rear army moved forward quickly, and the whole army was changed from two columns in parallel to four columns in parallel.

After four columns were parallel, the road seemed to be a little crowded, which was not conducive to rapid marching. However, this will reduce the length of the team by half, and if you encounter an ambush, you can hit the troops more quickly and counterattack.

So far, no one can be sure what strategy Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang will adopt, so they naturally have to be well prepared.

The army marched on.

Hong Chengchou said to Qin Shuhuai, "My lord, if you don't see an ambush after walking ten miles, it means that the thieves have already heard the wind and fled." ”

Qin Shuhuai nodded approvingly, and walked ten miles to almost Hancheng, and the soldiers of Hancheng would soon know that when the time came, going out of the city to help would be a front and back attack, which was extremely unfavorable to the thieves, so even if they wanted to ambush, they would not choose to ambush there.

"I don't know what happened to General He's side, did General Cao find them and tell them about our plan?" Qin Shuhuai said.

Hong Chengchou said, "General Cao had been stationed in Shaanxi earlier, so he is relatively familiar with this area, and he should be able to find General He's soldiers." ”

At this time, someone came to report.

"Lord Qiyu, there is a person from Hancheng who claims to be the meticulous work of our army who infiltrated Gao Yingxiang's department, and said that he has something important to report. ”

Qin Shuhuai was overjoyed and said, "Call him over!"

Then he said to Chen Jing beside him, "Go, call Wen Zhendong over." ”

Chen Jing answered, and then ran back.

After a while, the little soldier was brought over, and Wen Zhendong also arrived.

When Xiao Bing saw Qin Shuhuai, he first asked, "Are you Lord Qin, the minister of the Qin Mission?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "Exactly, what do you have to report?"

Xiao Bing immediately said, "The subordinate is a secret agent who infiltrated Gao Yingxiang's department, and I have come to report to my lord, Gao Yingxiang's department has gone west." ”

Qin Shuhuai looked back at Wen Zhendong and asked, "Old Wen, let's see if this person is yours." ”

Wen Zhendong had already been optimistic and said, "Yes, please rest assured, my lord." ”

It turned out that this little soldier was a member of the White Lotus Sect. In fact, among the rogues, there are at least dozens of followers of the White Lotus Sect. It's just that these White Lotus Sect members belong to different rudders, and they don't know each other. Because Qin Shuhuai had met the spies in the White Lotus Sect, he had an extra eye this time and asked Wen Zhendong to contact his direct subordinates. This little soldier was out of Pingyang, so Wen Zhendong quickly contacted him and asked him to provide information about Gao Yingxiang's department at any time.

After getting Wen Zhendong's confirmation, Qin Shuhuai no longer hesitated, and immediately said to Li Jingting, "Order, the brigade will be rerouted and go west to reinforce He Renlong!"

40 miles west of Hanseong, Banqiao.

Starting from Hancheng to Huanglongcheng, it is the fastest to take the line of Banqiao, Xue Feng and Baima Beach, if Gao Yingxiang chooses to take this road, then it must pass through Banqiao.

The problem is that there are still two roads near Hancheng, although they are a bit tortuous, but they can also reach Huanglong City.

He Renlong, who had already arrived in Banqiao, was not sure which way Gao Yingxiang would take, and he couldn't divide his troops to guard each road, so he had to constantly send horse sentries to explore the other two roads.

His task was to use 22,000 troops to hold back Gao Yingxiang's 60,000 troops for at least half an hour.

It's not easy. Because Gao Yingxiang already knew that there was an ambush here, he was bound to be prepared. The so-called ambush can no longer be called an ambush.

Such a task can only be accepted by He Renlong, who is known as "He Maniac".

More than 17,000 infantry were already in ambush on both sides of the road, while He Renlong and 3,000 cavalry were waiting anxiously two miles west of the ambush point.

Although he is known as a madman, his face looks polite, but the anxiety on his face betrays him.

Two miles north of the ambush point, there were 2,000 cavalry led by Zhang Xiao. Zhang Xiao came out with 5,000 cavalry, but in order to effectively deter Gao Yingxiang and make him dare not go south, he assigned 3,000 cavalry to Cao Wenzhao, so that Cao Wenzhao took 10,000 cavalry to block the south, and Gao Yingxiang would inevitably choose to retreat towards the western road, which was relatively easy to break through.

Although there are three roads to Huanglong City, and Gao Yingxiang also knows that the middle avenue has the 20,000 troops of He Renlong, but he still chose this road.

The reason is simple. The other two roads, one to the southwest, in the middle of He Renlong and Cao Wenzhao's 10,000 cavalry, and the other to the southeast, in the middle of Qin Shuhuai and He Renlong, once these two roads are discovered, will attract the encirclement of both sides faster. Moreover, these two roads are relatively small, and once they are blocked, it will be difficult for them to retreat.

The road in the middle is different, not only the road is wide, but also the side is also a field, although the grass and trees are overgrown, but in case the battle situation is unfavorable, some troops can always break through while the night is dark.

At five o'clock, the spies in front came to report and found that Gao Yingxiang's army was coming.

He was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to deliver the news to all the thousands of presidents under his command.

All centaurs are in the highest state of combat readiness.

The north wind swept lightly, the dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the earth, gently covering the earth with a layer of silver.

At seven o'clock, Gao Yingxiang's army entered the ambush circle.

The pioneer battalion at the forefront was Liu Guoneng's department, known as the "Crashing Sky", with a total of 8,000 people. The 8,000 men were well equipped, and each of them wore at least light armor, especially the soldiers on the far sides of the road, each holding a shield.

Knowing that there was an ambush here, they naturally did not march normally, but ten people in a horizontal and eight hundred people in a column, marching in a phalanx posture.

He Renlong watched from a distance as the eight thousand men completely entered the ambush circle, but did not give the order to start a battle. He's going to wait for more people to enter the ambush circle.

After Liu Guoneng, there was the army of General Li Zicheng, with a total of 12,000 people. Of the twelve thousand, only half had light armor, and the others had no armor.

After Li Zicheng's troops, about three or four thousand people, entered the ambush circle, He Renlong felt that it was almost over.

Because if he goes again, Liu Guoneng's troops will be out of the ambush circle, and if there is a war at that time, Gao Yingxiang will be able to attack back and forth, which will be extremely unfavorable to him. In addition, if there are too many people in the ambush circle, it is not easy to digest.

He waved his hand.

Soon, a red firework suddenly rose and exploded in the air, emitting red sparks like blood.

"Kill!"

The earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded from all around, and countless Ming soldiers suddenly killed from the grass on the side of the road.

Gao Yingxiang did not panic, and seemed to have expected this situation.

They quickly spread out in both directions, and the shield men quickly gathered on both sides of the road to protect the shieldless soldiers. The shieldless soldiers, on the other hand, hid behind the shield soldiers and charged the Ming soldiers with spears.

This is a very useful tactic, but they have a few shields and do not form an impregnable wall.

15,000 Ming troops surrounded about 10,000 rogues, and another 3,000 soldiers tried to block the road to prevent the rogues from coming to the rescue.

The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sound of weapons handing over was loud.

Although the rogue in the encirclement is poorly equipped, they are obviously battle-hardened, and they are very different from ordinary rogues, they have a tenacious will to fight, and they are not too afraid to fight with the officers and soldiers.

And the rogues outside the encirclement are surging up like a tide. However, although Gao Yingxiang still has nearly 50,000 troops outside the encirclement, it is impossible to rush up all at once, because the 50,000 army stretches for six or seven miles, how can it rush up at once?