The terrain of Laishui County is high in the west and east, just at the junction of the Taihang Mountains and the Hebei Central Plains. There are many mountains in the west, with hills in the middle, while the terrain in the east is gradually flat. When it comes to Zhuo County, it is an endless vast plain.

The 50,000 Sui army only rested overnight in Laishui County. The next morning, the 50,000 army quickly advanced eastward. At noon, the army set up a camp about ten miles from Zhuo County, and built a Gundam in front of the camp.

On the three-meter-long viewing tower, Yang Yuanqing was looking at the enemy camp in the distance.

Xue Wanche's army was not stationed in the county town, but erected a camp on the left side of the county town to form a square camp. Judging from the size of the camp, there should be only more than 20,000 people.

Qin Qiong next to him said: "Zhuo County has a tall city and a wide wall. According to our scouts, more than a dozen large warehouses have been built inside, with rich grain storage, which is very suitable for defending the city and resisting war. However, Xue Wanche did not garrison in the city.

It's a little strange."

"Not surprising!"

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "My relationship with their brothers is good. My brother Wanjun is good at defending, and his brother Wanche is good at attacking. The former crown prince Zhao once joked that their brothers are both offensive and defensive. Xue Wanche stationed the camp outside the city, obviously he wanted to get along with him.

On the other side of our shore, only 20,000 people actually wanted to attack my 50,000 army. What is his trust?”

"Heavy Armored Iron Cavalry!" Qin Qiong blurted out.

On the other side, Xie Yingdeng said a little strangely: "The five thousand heavy armored cavalry are Luo Yi's treasures. He didn't bring them back to Youzhou. This is really strange."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's not surprising that Luo Yi didn't want to put the main battlefield in Youzhou. He only had Zhuo County, Yuyang and Anle counties, and the most important thing was Zhuo County. He wanted to stop us in Zhuo County.

The front line, so we did not withdraw the heavy armored cavalry, but we advanced too fast, and Luo Yi's reinforcements were not yet able to be dispatched. This was also the force of Xue Wanche once he entered the city, which would form a siege and attack reinforcements, and his heavy cavalry could not play their advantages.

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Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Where is General Wang?"

Wang Junguo stood not far behind Yang Yuanqing and immediately stepped forward and bowed and said, "I am humble!"

"You can lead 10,000 infantry to challenge the enemy camp, and use bows and crossbows to suppress the enemy!"

"As for the order!"

Yang Yuanqing ordered again: "General Xie can lead 5,000 cavalry to cover the infantry. If his strength is not good, he will withdraw immediately and he will not fight in love."

Xie Yingdeng also bowed and said, "Abide by the order!"

Two generals left after the orders. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Qin Qiong: "Youzhou army does not want Zhuo County, we want Shubao, and you can take 10,000 people to seize Zhuo County at night."

'Dong!Dong!Dong!, the sound of war drums knocked in the Sui army camp and the camp gate opened. Teams of crossbowmen, bowmen, spearmen, and swords and shields were lined up to the camp in turn. Then, five thousand cavalrymen

Run out from the other side, the troops were divided into two groups, and the guards were on both sides of the infantry.

Yang Yuanqing watched the movements of the enemy camp on the platform. The enemy camp was ten miles away, and the weather was clear and his vision was particularly clear.

There were 20,000 troops in the Youzhou Army camp, but the number was 25,000. This was because each of the five thousand heavily armored cavalry was equipped with a groom who specially had a horse to carry the cavalry.

As the Sui army went out to challenge the camp, the gate of Youzhou military camp opened, and Xue Wanche personally led 20,000 troops to go out in full swing. Ten thousand infantry, five thousand heavy armored cavalry and five thousand light cavalry were all elite troops in Youzhou.

The army arranged its formation a mile and a little outside the camp. Five thousand heavy armored cavalry were located in front of the team. The soldiers had finished their armor. They stood beside the war horses and waited for orders. Five thousand light cavalry were on the side of the heavy armored cavalry.

Their mission is to cover and cooperate with heavy armored cavalry.

After the cavalry, ten thousand infantry were behind the cavalry. After the heavily armored cavalry broke the enemy formation, they would cover up and kill. The three armies cooperated with each other for combat many times, repeatedly defeating Dou Jiande's army, and had rich experience.

The two armies were confronting each other one mile apart. Xue Wanche saw that the Sui army had arranged its formations, with crossbow soldiers in front, bow soldiers in the middle, and snorkeling behind them, and cavalry guards on both sides, he couldn't help but sneer. This formation was useful for ordinary cavalry.

, but it has no meaning to heavy armored cavalry!

"Heavy cavalry boarded the horse!"

With Xue Wanche's order, the drums in the Youzhou army sounded, and the groom immediately stepped forward to assist the heavy-armored soldiers to get on the horse and connected the people and horses together.

Five thousand heavily armored cavalry raised their horse spears, and their spears were stabbed like a forest, with extremely powerful momentum. Even Yang Yuanqing, who was standing on the viewing tower to watch the battle, could not help but secretly admire him. He was worthy of being an armored cavalry built by the Great Sui Dynasty with all his strength.

I don’t know how many thousands of craftsmen’s efforts would be consumed by a thousand horse spears. If he cannot get this heavy armored cavalry, it would be inconsistent with nature.

With the drums, the five thousand heavily armored cavalry shouted and suddenly started. They were in a row of 100 people, holding a horse lance in their right hand and a shield in their left hand. The horse hooves were galloping. The sound was huge, and they were unstoppable.

The Sui army concealed and left.

Wang Junguo was also nervous. He felt the power of this heavy armored iron cavalry. His 10,000 infantry was no match for him at all. "Boardman is ready!" He shouted loudly, staring at the approaching with sharp eyes.

"shoot!"

Two thousand crossbowmen were the first to launch, and they were still using the seven-stone yellow crossbow. In a group of two, a thousand crossbow arrows shot towards the heavy armored cavalry a hundred and fifty steps away like a storm. Only a tingling sound was heard.

When the sound was heard, only a dozen iron-armored war horses were shot to the ground, and the rest of the heavily armored cavalry were not injured.

The crossbow soldiers quickly worked together to turn the strings. One soldier took the crossbow and one sold the arrow. This time, he used two-four-inch armor-transparent iron arrows. The arrows were like elongated spindles, which were streamlined.

The fine iron is made of extremely sharp and can shoot through any armor. As a clapper sounds, a thousand iron crossbow arrows shoot at the heavy armored cavalry hundreds of steps away like a black cloud.

The heavy armored cavalry hands seemed to feel the power of this round of arrow formation. They raised their shields at the same time, and only a click sound was heard. The shields were pierced by iron arrows and shattered one after another, but the shields also removed half of the power of the iron arrows.

The strength, a thousand iron arrows did not cause much damage to people, but the war horses could not withstand the powerful penetration of the iron arrows. More than 70 war horses in the first row were shot through the horse armor by the iron arrows, and they fell to the ground with a miserable brilliance.

Many cavalry behind were tripped, and there was a slight chaos in the heavy armored cavalry.

At this time, the five thousand Youzhou light cavalry guarded on both sides rushed out and rushed towards the Sui army's crossbow army. Xie Yingdeng shouted, and the cavalry on both wings of the Sui army also suddenly came out, with swords slashing, spears attacking each other, and two spears

The cavalry teams fought in one place.

The Youzhou Light Cavalry came out to cover the heavy armored cavalry to rectify the team. After a moment, with the sound of a horn, the Youzhou Light Cavalry quickly left the two sides, and the heavy armored iron cavalry rushed towards the Sui army's cavalry and infantry like a scattered sea.

'Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!, the bell of withdrawal sounded in the Sui army camp, and 15,000 Sui army retreated like a tide. The Sui army covered the infantry retreat behind and launched an offensive from all directions. At this time, five

Qian Youzhou cavalry covered up and rushed forward. The two sides fought in the wilderness. The Sui cavalry was defeated by the joint strangle of the opponent's light and heavy cavalry and was killed and retreated step by step.

Seeing that the infantry had retreated, Xie Yingdeng yelled, "Retreat!"

Five thousand cavalry quickly evacuated the battlefield, guarding the Sui army's infantry and fled to the camp. The light and heavy cavalry in Youzhou chased after the two miles. After chasing for three miles, they gradually stopped. The heavy armored cavalry dismounted one after another. They led the war horses and were at five thousand.

The Youzhou Light Cavalry returned to the camp under the escort.

Yang Yuanqing stood on the lookout tower, staring at the heavy armored cavalry with his eyes tightly, and his eyes gradually narrowed. He knew how to deal with the heavy armored cavalry.

At this moment, several scout cavalry rushed from the south. Yang Yuanqing looked at their hurried figures and felt a little bad in his heart. After a moment, a soldier ran up to the looking out tower and knelt down on one knee to report, "Report to the General Manager."

Dou Jiande's army entered Zhuo County from Hejian County, and had already crossed the Juma River and was coming towards Zhuo County, only fifty miles away from us."

This news surprised Yang Yuanqing. When did Dou Dejian form an alliance with Luo Yi again? He looked at Zhuo County in the distance and frowned. This unexpected information was indeed beyond his plan. Yang Yuanqing felt very happy.

Helplessly, he had to order: "Transfer my order, and the army will siege the camp and retreat westward and return to Laishui County."

Due to the accidental attack of Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops, Yang Yuanqing had to give up attacking Zhuo County and lead the army to evacuate westward.

In the Youzhou Army camp, Xue Wanche had not yet received any information from Dou Jiande's army. He looked at the Sui army retreating west in confusion, his heart full of confusion.

"General, we may be able to chase and kill the enemy. If we can defeat the Sui army in one battle, I will make unprecedented achievements!" On the side, General Yuchi Bao suggested extremely excitedly.

Xue Wanche shook his head, and he glanced at Yuchi Bao, "Didn't you pay attention to the battle flag of the Sui Army camp? It turned out to be the golden-edged Red Eagle Flag."

The Golden Border Red Eagle Banner is the king's flag of the Sui Army. It will only appear when Yang Yuanqing is there. Yuchi Bao was stunned, "Yang Yuanqing is in the camp?"

Xue Wanche sighed, "It should be so. Since Yang Yuanqing is in the camp, he will not give us a chance to pursue him."

Xue Wanche raised the powerful crossbow iron arrow of the Sui army again and observed carefully that the iron arrow could actually penetrate the iron armor of the heavy armor of the cavalry, causing him to feel an uncontrollable anxiety.

At this time, a cavalry rushed over and reported: "Report to General Xue, 30,000 reinforcements have passed Liangxiang County and are coming quickly towards Zhuo County."

Xue Wanche suddenly let go of his heart. Did Yang Yuanqing retreat west because he obtained the information about his reinforcements? But it was a bit wrong to think about it. It was 50,000 to 50,000 when his reinforcements arrived. Yang Yuanqing had no need to withdraw his troops, so he couldn't think of it.

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At this moment, another cavalry rushed over and reported urgently: "General Xue, Dou Jiande's army is about 100,000 coming to us, less than fifty miles away.

Xue Wanche was shocked. No wonder Sui Junzhe retreated, but he did not have this cooperation plan. Dou Jiande was not good at coming, so he could not think too much. Xue Wanche immediately ordered: "The army quickly enters the city!"
Chapter completed!