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All that filled his ears was miserable howling.

What filled the field of vision were black shadows scurrying around and dead bodies lying on the road, in the grass, and on the slopes under the light of the fire.

Some torches fell on the ground, but were still burning, and some were thrown into the grass, igniting a bunch of withered and yellow weeds.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of drums, groups of Hengshan Party Regiment trainees stood up from their hiding places, bent their bows and nocked arrows, and continued shooting downwards while moving toward the bottom.

Twenty steps away from the road, these people put their bows on their backs, and then pulled out the scimitars from their waists. They jumped out of the slope with shouts. The soldiers of Song Dynasty who were still lingering on the mountain road suddenly jumped out.

They were squeezed to the bottom of the mountain road. Many people lost their footing and turned into rolling gourds. They rolled all the way to the river valley. After twisting a few times, they made no sound anymore. They were obviously dead.

The Song Army's cavalry, which suddenly broke out at the front, now had less than a hundred cavalry left.

It’s not that he is much different than his counterpart.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is actually about the same. The cavalry on the opposite side are ordinary Western cavalry, not iron kites, so naturally they cannot have an overwhelming advantage.

The problem is that Jie Dong and his cavalry have been gone for almost midnight.

Moreover, we walked for such a long time in the biting cold wind.

Whether it's people or horses, they've all reached a certain point.

The enemy, stuck at this point, launched an attack on them.

Moreover, the opponent's number is still twice as many as theirs.

This is very fatal.

In fact, this Song army had more than a thousand cavalry with quite good combat effectiveness, but they were divided into several sections. There were cavalry in the front, middle and rear armies, which lowered their combat effectiveness by a notch.

Li Yi on the opposite side is completely different. The Western Army is derived from the Hebei Frontier Army. There are more Party members, Tubo people, and Uighurs in the team. When they fight, as long as they can bring the cavalry together, they will fight.

Will try my best to do so.

Li Dan was born in Shaanxi, served as an official in Shaanxi all his life, and led troops to fight in Shaanxi, but he had no such personal experience.

And this kind of arrangement is fatal to Xie Dong at this moment.

The helmet fell off, a piece of scalp was cut off, and blood flowed down, blinding his eyes. He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his face. When he saw the enemy on the opposite side brandishing his saber and shouting to charge again, he

Understand that your last moments are coming.

Unless you turn the horse around and run away like a stray dog.

Jie Dong has his own arrogance.

Holding the war horse with his legs, Jie Dong roared and rushed towards the opponent. The rest of his disheveled hair was blown up by the wind and lifted straight back.

If you can kill one more enemy cavalry at this moment, maybe one more Song army will escape back to Dingbian City.

In the current battle situation, the Song army is bound to lose.

When everyone thought that the Western Army was still huddled in Shentang Fort waiting for Xiao Ding's return, they had already taken action.

This can only mean one thing: the Western Army is indeed going to rebel.

The war horses staggered, the collision of weapons and the roars of the warriors were mixed together. Countless people fell off their horses. The horses that had lost their masters neighed and ran into the distance. There were also war horses that fell to the ground with their masters, and none of them got up.

Li Yi reined in his horse with his sword, and blood immediately dripped from his body.

"Forward!" he shouted.

The remaining approximately seven to eight hundred Western cavalrymen galloped forward, leaving behind them numerous corpses lying on the ground.

Cavalry duels are always so fast and cruel.

When the ambush started, Qiu Zheng had not yet crossed the bridge.

From his position, he could only hear the deafening sounds of fighting but could not see the actual situation.

But one thing is beyond doubt, that is, the army was ambushed.

And it's in such a terrible place.

The most basic qualities of an excellent general are undoubtedly reflected in Qiu Zheng at this moment.

He immediately ordered all soldiers in the rear army to stop crossing the bridge and vacate the bridge so that the troops in front could retreat.

The bridge itself acts like an intestinal obstruction, slowing down troops whether they are advancing or retreating.

Sending reinforcements forward is the worst option.

Because the topography of the front determines that reinforcements can only be a refueling tactic, piling them up bit by bit, so that the enemy can be eliminated bit by bit?

The opponent has already occupied the most advantageous place.

A thousand soldiers quickly used some of the equipment they carried to set up a simple military formation on the other side of the Jiufeng River.

"Light a fire, beat the drums, and tell the retreating army to come to me!" Qiu Zheng ordered loudly.

In the dark night, the defeated army will panic, but giving them a guide can make them feel at ease.

There are also rescue teams here!

This is a reassurance.

The Song soldiers who were the first to escape down the river valley soon discovered that they were facing new difficulties.

When crossing the bridge, because the river is wide enough, the place with water is in the middle of the river, but in this place, the water flow is close to the foot of the mountain.

There was still ice on the river, but the thickness of the ice was not enough to support so many people crossing the river at the same time. With a crackling sound, the ice surface cracked, and many people fell into the water with a poop.

In some places, the water is not deep, and it doesn't matter if you fall in except for the cold. But in other places, there are deep pools, and the top will be gone in an instant after you fall into them.

The key is that these people are still wearing armor.

Those who called for help, those who wanted to save others, followed closely by those who escaped, and the river valley was still in chaos.

As more and more people fled into the river valley, the ice blocks condensed on the surface of the river valley were broken one by one, and the silt below rolled up under the trampling of countless people. The silt was not deep, just enough to trap a person's calf.

But this is enough to make it difficult to move forward.

And at the very front of this notch, behind the big rocks, figures appeared like ghosts, with the divine arm bows already stretched out in their hands aimed at the panicked soldiers.

Following the order to shoot, the arrow rain ruthlessly poured out towards the soldiers of Song Dynasty inside.

Thousands of Song soldiers were surrounded in this sunken valley.

Nearly a hundred personal guards have gathered around Li Dan.

Although he was in a state of embarrassment at the moment, with his body covered in mud and water and his face still stained with blood, he had already calmed down.

Failure is unquestionable.

All the previous reactions from Shentangbao now seemed to be just a huge trap to lure them here.

And they stepped in happily.

Li Dan felt inexplicably humiliated after losing to a little-known general who was a soldier next to Xiao Ding. As a member of a family of generals in Shaanxi, this defeat was really unacceptable to him.

"Light the torch and raise my flag!" He stood up from behind the big stone.

"General, this will make us a target!" The soldier was shocked.

"We will become a target, but it will also make all the soldiers work hard to get closer to me. If we don't gather our troops and twist into a rope, we will all die here today!" Li Dan shouted: "Light the fire, raise the flag, and shout.

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Several torches were lit, and Li Dan's flag, which had been stored away, was raised on the tip of a spear, and hundreds of guards shouted loudly.

"Li Dan is here, come closer to me!"

"Li Dan is here, come closer to me!"

As expected by the soldiers, when they revealed their identities, they were immediately greeted by a dense rain of arrows. In the light of the fire, they could clearly see that the enemy's military formation had changed, and more people were moving toward them.

Press down slowly here.

Of course, Li Dan's move also made the Song army, who had fled down the river valley, work hard to get closer to him.

The general was so courageous that when he saw Li Dan's banner, he gave these people something to rely on in despair.

"Follow me and fight out!" Seeing the soldiers gathered around him and the defeated soldiers who were still trying to get closer to him, Li Dan shouted and took a step forward with a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.

When the sky got brighter, Li Dan, who was covered in blood, saw Qiu Zheng on the other side of the river.

The anxious Qiu Zheng also saw Li Dan's banner at this time.

Overjoyed, Qiu Zheng led more than a thousand soldiers under his command and pressed down the river valley for the first time, approaching Li Dan.

"Let them go!" On the mountain road, Li Yi wiped the bloody saber clean on a dead body on the ground, put the saber back into its sheath with a clang, and sneered: "The trapped beasts are still fighting, it's not worth fighting them here.

"

The sound of horns sounded, and the Western Army slowed down. They watched Qiu Zheng take Li Dan ashore, and then retreated all the way towards Dingbian City.

"Cavalry pursues, infantry clears the battlefield!"

Li Yi looked at the remnants of the Song Army who were at most in their early 2,000s who had escaped, with a satisfied smile on his face, but he allowed you to live for a few more days, just a few days. Li Dan, I'm going to take care of your dog head.

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Li Dan fled back to Dingbian City in embarrassment. Six thousand soldiers and horses went out at the third watch. When he escaped, it was just after noon. He saw more than two thousand remnant soldiers returning after throwing away their helmets and armor. Hao Yue, who was left behind to guard Dingbian City, was stunned.

"Shengtangbao has been prepared for an ambush on Jiufeng Mountain. We will be defeated!" Li Dan had no time to deal with the many injuries on his body and immediately began to arrange defense: "Li Yi's command is definitely more than 3,000 people. I saw Tuo

After pulling the flag, Tuoba Fenwu should also have arrived at Shentang Fort. They will definitely follow and prepare to defend the city! Immediately send a messenger to ask Taiwei Zhang for reinforcements."

Li Yi and Tuoba Fenwu did not rush to Dingbian City. Instead, they divided into two groups and began to raid the surrounding Song army's forts. Tuoba Fenwu even led his cavalry to Dingbian City from a distance.

the rear.

Most of the soldiers in the surrounding fortresses have basically been transferred to Dingbian City. With the heavy losses caused by this defeat, where are there enough troops to defend the fortress? When seeing the flag of the Western Army,

The only thing the soldiers in these fortresses could do was to flee immediately.

Five days later, Li Yi finally arrived at Dingbian City.

At this time, there was no place within fifty miles around Dingbian City that could provide reinforcements for Li Dan.

Five thousand people. All the soldiers and horses brought by Li Yi, plus the young and strong civilians, were only five thousand people.

At this time, the Song army under Li Dan who was stationed in Dingbian City totaled 3,000 people. Moreover, Dingbian City had sufficient grain and grass and all equipment.

No one thought that Li Yi could capture Dingbian City.

Even Zhang Chao doesn't think so.

The sneak attack on Shentangbao failed and the opportunity was lost, but it also proved that the Western Army had been preparing for war for a long time. This made Zhang Chao give up all his previous illusions. Next, the only thing left was an upright confrontation between the two armies.

He needed to have enough troops to challenge Xiao Dingxian from the front.

The 50,000 imperial troops on Gyeonggi Road led by Zheng Xiong and Zhang Cheng have arrived at Shaanxi Road. Although the soldiers and horses on Hedong Road are slower, they still have ten days at most to arrive. At this time, the troops led by Li Du are determined to

The army has been approaching the Western Army from Xiazhou and other places.

In a month at most, Zhang Chao was able to assemble more than 200,000 troops, divide them into three groups, and launch a massive offensive against Xiao Ding. Among them, Qin Feng's soldiers and horses attacked Weizhou, and stationed there were the Tubo troops for Xiao Ding.

There are doubts about his desperate thoughts. Li Du has a deep hatred for Xiao Ding and spares no effort to attack Xiao Ding, which will inevitably involve part of Xiao Ding's strength. In the middle, Zhang Chao personally leads an army of more than 100,000, and he has already fought against an overwhelming number of people.

Advantages.

Now Zhang Chao is not afraid that Xiao Ding will come out to fight him, but is worried that Xiao Ding will not go out to fight with him, which is not good. The supply of food and grass for dozens of armies is not a joke. If one person is not good, it will be easy.

Something happened. Shaanxi Road is not as wealthy as Hebei Road. All the food and grass for this war need to be mobilized from outside.

Just when everyone thought that Dingbian City must be safe and sound, bad news came from Dingbian City.

On a night when the wind was high and the moon was dark, the largest material warehouse in Dingbian City burst into flames with a loud noise. The wind assisted the fire and quickly swept through the entire city.

Dingbian City itself is not too big. After Xiao Ding took control, he only used it as a center for commercial exchange. As countless merchants moved in, shops and warehouses were built in the city, making the military city full of space.

This time, it was deliberately arranged by a thoughtful person. Once the fire started, it was out of control.

It was at this time that Li Yi led his army to attack the city.

After a fierce battle all night, the city was destroyed.

Li Dan, who was attacked from both sides by the Western Army and Huo Huo, was severely defeated.

When Li Dan failed to exit Dingbian City in time after his defeat, his defeat was doomed today.

The entire Shaanxi Road was in an uproar.

He hadn't met Xiao Ding yet, but he had only fought with a former soldier beside Xiao Ding, and the imperial army was defeated.

Li Dan, the general who led the army in Shaanxi Province, was beheaded by the opponent.

Hao Yue died in battle!

Qiu Zheng died in battle!

Jie Dong died in battle!

After the First World War, the few famous generals on the road to Shaanxi were all destroyed.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed and captured, and more than ten military fortresses were demolished by Li Yi and Tuoba.
Chapter completed!